Bartosz A. Grzybowski and coworkers review the various interparticle forces (e.g., van der Waals, electrostatic, magnetic, molecular, and entropic) and their importance in nanoscale self-assembly. The magnitudes and length scales of each force are discussed with special attention to characteristics that are unique to the nanoscale. Besides theoretical aspects, recent experimental systems in which specific interaction types were used to drive nanoscopic self-assembly are discussed.
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