{"id":196201,"date":"2024-09-15T05:24:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/smart-supramolecular-assemblies-researchers-show-how-additives-promote-self-assembly-of-spherical-microparticles"},"modified":"2024-09-15T05:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:24:45","slug":"smart-supramolecular-assemblies-researchers-show-how-additives-promote-self-assembly-of-spherical-microparticles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/smart-supramolecular-assemblies-researchers-show-how-additives-promote-self-assembly-of-spherical-microparticles","title":{"rendered":"Smart supramolecular assemblies: Researchers show how additives promote self-assembly of spherical microparticles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/smart-supramolecular-assemblies-researchers-show-how-additives-promote-self-assembly-of-spherical-microparticles2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever opened a box from IKEA and wished the pieces inside could somehow spontaneously merge to form a table or chair, then a simple virus could have a thing or two to teach you. Self-assembly of complex molecules is essential for a wide array of biological structures, including proteins, cell membranes, or even entire viruses. Supramolecular chemistry is a field of study that attempts to build large molecules out of a discrete number of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever opened a box from IKEA and wished the pieces inside could somehow spontaneously merge to form a table or chair, then a simple virus could have a thing or two to teach you. Self-assembly of complex molecules is essential for a wide array of biological structures, including proteins, cell membranes, or even [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}