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Confocal microscopy image of spotted polymerosomes. The positive electrical charges of calcium ions—just like the calcium in teeth and bone—can form bridges between negatively charged polymers that would normally repel each other. (Scale bars: 2 μm.)
U. PENN (US)—A team of physicists, chemists, and engineers has demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules. The particles may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge. Continue…
