期刊
ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 141, 期 1-2, 页码 37-47出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2008.02.004
关键词
self-assembly; co-assembly; colloids; interfacial phenomena; thermodynamics
资金
- NIH [R01-DE017529]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL &CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH [R01DE017529] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Self-assembly is a ubiquitous physicochemical phenomenon. It is inherent to molecular recognition effects in the biological domain, and thus presents a basis for understanding the constitution and dynamic organization of living beings. However. it is argued in this paper that the very notion of self-assembly presents an incorrect and misleading one for the physical effects that it stands for. Self-assembly presents a misnomer as each selfassembly process not only depends on, but also includes a certain degree of ordering in the immediate surrounding of the 'self-assembling' entities. Claims are provided to support the idea that every self-assembly process is, in fact, a co-assembly event, as it implies mutual changes and structuring of both the 'self-assembled' system and its nearest surrounding. This point of view is related to the systemic observation that there could be no physical qualities independent on the context of their existence. in order to illustrate that the concept of co-assembly presents only an instance of a more profound and systemic philosophy of life, the examples of the interplay between internal and external factors of development are provided from the fields of quantum and classical physics, biology, evolutionary theory and psychology. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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