:PROPERTIES: :ID: 42dbae12-827c-43c4-8dfc-a2cb1e835efa :END: #+title: self-assembly #+author: Preston Pan #+html_head: * Introduction Self assembly is the process by which a system decreases entropy in its surrounding area by way of [[id:8f265f93-e5fd-4150-a845-a60ab7063164][recursive]], [[id:b005fb71-2a16-40f9-9bb6-29138f4719a2][emergent]] structures.