Mastrangeli, Massimo2015-06-182015-06-182015-06-18201510.3389/fmech.2015.00006https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/115208By focusing on the construction of thermodynamically stable structures, the self-assembly of mesoscopic systems has proven capable of formidable achievements in the bottom-up engineering of micro- and nanosystems. Yet, inspired by an analogous evolution in supramolecular chemistry, synthetic mesoscopic self-assembly may have a lot more ahead, within reach of a shift toward fully three-dimensional architectures, collective interactions of building blocks and kinetic control. All over these challenging fronts, complexity holds the key.complexitykineticsmesoscopic systemsprogrammable matterself-assemblytext::journal::journal article::research article