morganism - 4-8-2014 at 15:09
When the organic chemicals involved, an amino alcohol derivative and a picoline, are mixed with iron chloride in a solvent, such as water or methanol,
they form strong bonds and are designed to naturally fold together in minutes to form a helix. It's all thermodynamically downhill. The assembly
instructions are encoded in the chemicals themselves."
http://m.phys.org/news/2014-08-self-assembling-anti-cancer-m...
Nature Chemistry, DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2024