Chemists make playdough/lego-like hybrid to create tiny building blocks

Playdough and Legos are among the most popular childhood building toys. But what could you use if you wanted to create something really small — a structure less than the width of a human hair? It turns out, a team of chemists has found, this can be achieved by creating particles that have both playdough and Lego traits.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170918114341.htm

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