Mesoscopic, templated self-assembly at the fluid-fluid interface

This paper demonstrates templated self-assembly-based on capillary forces-o f millimeter-scale poly-(dimethylsiloxane) plates suspended at the water-pe rfluorodecalin interface. The system described abstracts the concept of "te mplating" from molecular templating and uses it to design millimeter-scale aggregates that self-assemble in ordered structures. This work points the w ay to new strategies for organizing complex, millimeter-scale structures.