Molecular length scale, self-assembled molecules

Supramolecular chemistry is chemistry beyond the molecule. It requires the simultaneous, precise control during synthesis of chemical composition, physical properties, and morphology over considerable length scales. An important component is self-assembly, the buildup of molecular structures... 

In contrast to small molecules, maaomolecules such as polymas and dendrimas are comprised of large numbers of repeating monoma units. Maaomolecule patterning ova a range of length scales from the molecular to the maaoscopic level is unda rapid development in part as a result of the new tools for chemical synthesis, physical characterization, and theoretical analysis. Since maaomolecules can be designed from subunits with spedfic properties, they can be used effectively in self-assembly processes. 

It is understood that nanotechnology is hunting for simple and versatile bottom-up self-assembly-based processes to assemble and (re)organize molecules and/or nanoparticles into well-defined functional superstructures in multiple dimensions over multiple length scales for many advanced technological applications. LCs are emerging as the viable systems for the dynamic self-assembly of nanomaterials in LC media as well as molecular dynamic self-assembly of LC molecules themselves. For example, it has been demonstrated that LCs enable reconfigurable and switchable... 

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