This is not an AI-generated video. It is a direct observation of nanoparticles assembling and crystallizing through a mechanism called “oriented attachment.”
Recording this was a foundational moment for me as a young PhD at the University of Cambridge—a spark of discovery that inspired the patented reactor technology that Accelerated Materials is building today.
History teaches us that the greatest leaps forward happen at the intersection of foundational science and powerful new tools. The light bulb needed the discovery of electricity. The microchip needed the understanding of monocrystalline silicon.
Today, AI, algorithms, and automation are transforming materials R&D at an incredible pace. What is possible when we fuel these brilliant tools with new, fundamental knowledge from the real world?
Materials science needs a “full stack” for true innovation—uniting the power of AI with the endless frontier of scientific discovery.
To read more about the discovery of hydrodynamic assembly, check out our original paper in Springer Nature Communications (https://lnkd.in/gM–AZp7), as well as how we developed the first “stack” in Chemical Engineering Journal (CEJ)(https://lnkd.in/g5JsyrYG).
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