Microstructures/microstructured materials supramolecular

Substantially more work is done on the elucidation of properties of regenerated silk, compared to film materials in view of the difficulty to fabricate uniform films. From Table 3, it can be concluded that the mechanical properties of man-made silk materials are inferior to the natural ones. This can be attributed to the fact that the final properties are greatly affected by the structural hierarchies. Typically, the "artificial" materials do not contain the controllable microstructure and supramolecular structure that natural ones possess. 

Interfacial structure The role of electrochemical phenomena at interfaces between ionic, electronic, photonic, and dielectric materials is reviewed. Also reviewed are opportunities for research concerning microstructure of solid surfaces, the influence of the electric field on electrochemical processes, surface films including corrosion passivity, electrocatalysis and adsorption, the evolution of surface shape, and self-assembly in supramolecular domains. 

Kulikovska O, Goldenberg LM, Stumpe J. 2007. Supramolecular azobenzene based materials for optical generation of microstructures. Chem Mater 19 3343 3348. 

Wenbin, L. Weiping, L. Wong, K.W. Marks, T.J. Supramolecular approaches to second-order nonlinear optical materials. Self-assembly and microstructural characterization of intrinsically acentric [(Aminophenyl)azo)]-pyridinium superlattices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996. 118 (34), 8034. 

A solution-based self-assembly approach by direct mixing of H2PtCl6 and Ru(bpy)3Cl2 aqueous solutions was employed for the synthesis of Ru(bpy)3 " -containing supramolecular microstructure [65]. These microstructures possess exceptional ECL behaviors and hence hold great promise as new luminescent materials. These structures consist of a large quantity of star-shaped microstructures with six branches developing the idea that electrostatic attractions between... 

Genetic engineering and supramolecular self-assembly offer a wide scope for controlling fibre composition and microstructure. The number and variety of materials that could be engineered with these techniques is extremely large. Much effort will be required to comprehensively characterise and efficiently refine the load-bearing properties of the new fibres. It is therefore opportune to reflect on the factors that determine the characteristics of hierarchical microstructure in natural fibres, and the ability of such microstructures to resist fracture. 

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