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

Claim 4:
5. A method of assembling structural molecular building blocks into a macroscopic crystal, the method comprising:
a substrate comprising posts of structural molecules;
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 post or 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.