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The Non-Equilibrium Supramolecular Self-Assembly Lab (NESSA-Lab) is a young research group at the University of Barcelona, (Secció de Química Orgànica) led by Alessandro Sorrenti
Our view
To push artificial materials closer to the complexity of biological systems, we must venture beyond equilibrium self-assembly.
Our goal
To make and understand functional self-assembled materials possessing unique life-like properties, by exploiting non-equilibrium conditions.
We think that a multidisciplinary approach is the only way to understand complex phenomena.
The research at the NESSA-Lab relies on four main activities:
Organic Chemistry
Making building blocks, devising reaction cycles
Supramolecular Chemistry
Spectroscopic and physicochemical study of self-assembly
Mathematical Modelling
Kinetics of reaction cycles and self-assembly by solving ODEs
Chemical Engineering
Making reactors, in-situ detection, microfluidics
