How to Use self-assembly in a Sentence

self-assembly

noun

• The entire process occurs through a process of self-assembly in which the atoms arrange themselves into these one-dimensional chains.
  — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2016
• This self-assembly process starts with diamondoids, which are the smallest form of diamonds and in this case are just tiny interlocking cages of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2016
• Of course, there are self-assembly methods for layering vdW heterostructures that do not involve researchers manually piling on the layers.
  — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2018
• Swedish megabrand Ikea’s affordable self-assembly furniture has made Scandi style the go-to look for homes, hotels and Airbnbs all over Europe.
  — Andrew Saunders, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
• Perhaps more impotantly, the self-assembly process for making the nanowires could lead to new kinds of optoelectronic devices and superconducting materials.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2016
• However, self-assembly of single molecules is inherently complex.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
• Molecular self-assembly meets graphene Silicon solar panels have dominated the market for decades, but are rapidly hitting an absolute physical efficiency limit.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
• The molecule was shown to form nanoscale p/n heterojunctions through self-assembly, highlighting the feasibility of molecular designs that autonomously organize into functional electronic structures, according to a press release.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
• Achieving quick, consistent self-assembly in solution without evaporation has remained a significant difficulty, despite advancements in block copolymer templating, metal alkoxide chemistry, and nanomaterials.
  — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
• However, these self-assembly methods are only capable of creating simple heterostructures (with alternating layers A-B-A-B-A-B), according to Castellanos-Gomez.
  — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2018
• Dynamic soft robots To create OCTOID’s modular actuating legs, researchers fabricated active (AL) and passive layers (PL) from cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) using a bottom-up self-assembly of reactive mesogens, crosslinkers, and chain extenders.
  — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025