Temperature can control a lock-and-key self-assembly mechanism
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A group of Lund University researchers including Peter Schurtenberger have published a paper demonstrating that they can use oppositely charged thermoresponsive particles with complementary shapes, such as spherical and bowl-shaped particles, to implement an externally controllable lock-and-key self-assembly mechanism
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/temperature-can-control-lock-and-key-self-assembly-mechanism - 2026-04-21
