Activity Number 155

	Overview and Learning Objectives
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Self-Assembly (Demo model)

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	Overview and Learning Objectives Users may heat and cool and change the charge on a set of small particles that can self-assemble. Students will be able to: identify and manipulate two key characteristics of molecules that allow them to self-assemble; describe the effect of temperature on self-assembly; give examples of the effect of molecular shape on the larger structures built by self-assembly. return to top



	Central Concepts Key Concept: Many functions of living cells are made possible by the spontaneous organization of molecules of various types in an amazingly accurate way. This is called self-assembly. Self-assembly is considered a promising nano-assembly. Additional Related Concepts Concept Map Available Molecular Biology Self-assembly return to top



	Textbook References Cell Biology (Pollard and Earnshaw) Saunders 2002 - Chapter Four: Macromolecular AAssembly Cell Biology (Pollard and Earnshaw) Saunders 2002 - Chapter One: General Principles of Cellular Organization return to top



	Benchmarks and Standards NSES Physical-Science: Matter Structure/Properties - 4 The physical properties of compounds reflect the nature of the interactions (Full Text of Standard) return to top



	Activity Credits Created by CC Project: Molecular Logic using Molecular Workbench return to top



	Requirements Java 1.5+ - Java 1.5+ is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 10.4 and greater. If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, you can download MW Version 1.3 and explore within it instead. return to top

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National Science Foundation under grant number DUE-0402553

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Self-Assembly (Demo model)

Overview and Learning Objectives

Central Concepts

Additional Related Concepts

Textbook References

Benchmarks and Standards

Activity Credits

Requirements