# Controlled vapor treatment guides molecules into highly oriented soft quasicrystals

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-21T01:40:01+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-vapor-treatment-molecules-highly-soft.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/controlled-vapor-treatment-guides-molecules-into-highly-oriented-soft--412ac3/

Molecules can spontaneously organize into complex, ordered structures through a process known as self-assembly. Among these structures, soft quasicrystals display unusual patterns that do not repeat regularly like conventional crystals. However, producing such structures with a uniform orientation over large areas remains a major challenge.

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