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Self-Assembly

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025158

The ability of objects to assemble themselves into an orderly structure. Routinely seen in living cells. This is a property that nanotechnology may extend to inanimate matter.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025158
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Nanotechnology White Paper Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/osa/pdfs/nanotech/epa-nanotechnology-whitepaper-0207.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025158",
  "term": "Self-Assembly",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The ability of objects to assemble themselves into an orderly structure. Routinely seen in living cells. This is a property that nanotechnology may extend to inanimate matter.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Nanotechnology White Paper Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/osa/pdfs/nanotech/epa-nanotechnology-whitepaper-0207.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/self-assembly/"
}

Record 25,158 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.