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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
4. Self-organized Stationary Structures
Authors : Alexander S. Mikhailov, Gerhard Ertl
Published in: Chemical Complexity
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
In the literature the terms “self-assembly” and “self-organization” are frequently used as synonyms in order to describe processes by which a structure is formed spontaneously, in contrast to fabrication where every next step is controlled from outside. However, an important distinction between the two terms has to be made: Self-assembly concerns processes in thermodynamically closed systems with the tendency to reach an equilibrium, while self-organization is used for the development of ordered structures in open systems far from thermal equilibrium.