Nanostructures super-structures

The coupled nanostructures should be useful for further or tier-11 assembly of block copolymers. The super-surfactants of Fig. 22a may, for example, self-assemble like surfactant molecules to form supermicelles with structural order at several length scales. Studies of the self-assembly of the nanotube di-and tri-blocks with structure similar to di- and tri-block copolymers should be of interest as well. 

The nonwetting, self-cleaning, and anti-adhesive properties are due to the combination of surface architecture and surface chemistry. Hierarchical surface structures, i.e. a surface composed of a microstructure superposed by a nanostructure, together with a hydrophobic surface chemistry, are believed to be responsible for the properties of the surface. Those superior nonwetting properties are often called super or ultrahydrophobic. ... 

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