Stochastic yield catastrophes and robustness in self-assembly

A guiding principle in self-assembly is that, for high production yield, nucleation of structures must be significantly slower than their growth. However, details of the mechanism that impedes nucleation are broadly considered irrelevant. Here, we analyze self-assembly into finite-sized target struc...

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Main Authors: Florian M Gartner, Isabella R Graf, Patrick Wilke, Philipp M Geiger, Erwin Frey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/51020