Patent ID: 11939213
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Micro-structural and nano-technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 9:
10. A method of assembling structural molecular building blocks into a macroscopic crystal, the method comprising:
forming multiple types of tessellating molecular building blocks,
each type of the tessellating molecular building blocks comprising first structural molecules arranged in a three-dimensional structure and second structural molecules,
wherein each of the second structural molecules is attached at a first region thereof to one of the first structural molecules and has a second region thereof for connection to a corresponding structural molecule of an additional tessellating molecular building block of a same or one or more different types; and
mixing the tessellating molecular building blocks of a type with additional tessellating molecular building blocks of the same or the one or more different types to encourage growth of a macroscopic crystal,
wherein:
the mixing comprises introducing the tessellating molecular building blocks of the type with the additional tessellating molecular building blocks of the same or the one or more different types in a solution, and
the introducing comprises replacing the additional tessellating molecular building blocks of the same or the one or more different types with different additional tessellating molecular building blocks of the same or the one or more different types to encourage growth of a complex macroscopic crystal.