Self-organized nanostructures

Self Organized Nanostructures of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers II... 

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Their overall structural features are analogous to those of the trinuclear double helicates, but their total length is estimated to be as long as aroimd 22 A and 27 A, respectively. These self-organized nanostructures promise potential applications in the field of functional nanoscale species and molecular devices. 

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Self Organized Nanostructures of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers II Volume Editors Mflller, A.H.E., Borisov, O. Vol. 242, 2011... 

Based on these considerations, the European Union funded a Marie Curie Research Training Network Self-Organized Nanostructures of Amphiphilic Copolymers (POLYAMPHI). This network, consisting of 14 research teams from 7 European countries, worked successfully from 2004 to 2008. Some of the results obtained in these collaborations are presented in these two volumes, supplemented by chapters dealing with additional aspects of the topic. Thus, we present a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in experimental research and theory of self-organization via self- and co-assembly of amphiphilic or hydrophilic ionic (macro)molecules in aqueous solutions and at interfaces. 

Figure 1. Schematic illustration of the protein-like folding (7 of an electroluminescent ternary rod-coil copolymer. The resulting self-organized nanostructure varies with copolymer composition (10),...

Axel H. E. Muller obtained his PhD in 1977 from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, for the work on the kinetics of anionic polymerization with G. V. Schulz. Since 1999, he has been professor and chair of macromolecular chemistry at the University of Bayreuth. In 2004, he received the lUPAC MACRO Distinguished Polymer Scientist Award and since 2011, he has been a Fellow of the Polymer Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. He is senior editor of the journal Polymer. His research interests focus on the design of well-defined polymer stmctures by controlled/living polymerization techniques and on self-organized nanostructures and hybrids obtained from them. He has coedited five books and published over 400 research papers. 

Ion-Based Liquid Crystals From Well-Defined Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications... 

The second approach is the bottom-up approach, which essentially relies on natural conditions to achieve self-organized nanostructures. Organic and biological molecules as well as other soft-condensed matter are particularly suitable for this approach and many interesting nanostructures, functional materials and devices have been demonstrated using this technique. These are mainly applied in sensors, optical devices and in some cases, electronic devices. 

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