Watching molecules grow into microtubes

A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, headed by Srikanth Singamaneni, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, unexpectedly found the mechanism by which tiny single molecules spontaneously grow into centimeter-long microtubes by leaving a dish for a different experiment in the refrigerator.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/wui…