Reprint
Self-Assembly of Polymers
Edited by
April 2020
186 pages
- ISBN978-3-03928-506-8 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-03928-507-5 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Self-Assembly of Polymers that was published in
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Summary
Nowadays, polymer self-assembly has become extremely attractive for both biological (drug delivery, tissue engineering, scaffolds) and non-biological (packaging, semiconductors) applications. In nature, a number of key biological processes are driven by polymer self-assembly, for instance protein folding. Impressive morphologies can be assembled from polymers thanks to a diverse range of interactions involved, e.g., electrostatics, hydrophobic, hots-guest interactions, etc. Both 2D and 3D tailor-made assemblies can be designed through modern powerful techniques and approaches such as the layer-by-layer and the Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, hard and soft templating. This Special Issue highlights contributions (research papers, short communications, review articles) that focus on recent developments in polymer self-assembly for both fundamental understanding the assembly phenomenon and real applications.
Format
- Hardback
License
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
polymer; microstructure; nanocrystalline; flexible geometric confinement; evaporative self-assembly; field-effect transistor; stimuli-responsive polymer; polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; self-assembly; protein adsorption resistance; controlled release; block polymers; self-assembly; thin films; solvent vapor annealing; nanolithography; stimuli-responsive polymers; synthetic polypeptide; photo-sensitive; self-assembly; morphological transformation; self-assembly; air-liquid interface; tension gradient; Marangoni convection; nanoparticle; monolayer; CaCO3; mucin; adsorption; co-synthesis; layer-by-layer; protamine; aprotinin; layer-by-layer; self-assembly; mesoporous; calcium carbonate; fluorescence; transglutaminases; crosslinking; polymerisation; food industry; biomedicine; marine exopolysaccharide; collagen; surface modification; Ti6Al4V; calcium alginate; porous hydrogel; polymer scaffold; calcium carbonate; encapsulation; drug delivery; cell culture; n/a