Technology applications tailoring

Arias FJ, Reboto V, Martin S et al (2006) Tailored recombinant elastin-like polymers for advanced biomedical and nano(bio)technological applications. Biotechnol Lett 28 687-695... 

Chemical modification specifically tailored for macromolecular structures of lignocellulosic materials is a fascinating scientific endeavor in its own right as well as a useful art for the creation of specialty polymeric materials for technological applications. By utilizing suitable chemical reactions, new products with hybrid properties of nature and synthesis will take an important position with regard to utilization in the competitive world. 

Monolayer and multilayer thin films are technologically important materials that potentially provide well-defined molecular architectures for the detailed study of interfacial electron transfer. Perhaps the most important attribute of these heterogeneous systems is the ease with which their molecular architecture can be synthetically varied to tailor the properties of the ensemble. Assemblies incorporating specifically designed structures can, in principle, meet the needs of a variety of technological applications and be used as models for understanding fundamental interfacial reaction mechanisms. In fact, molecular assemblies are nearly ideal laboratories for the fundamental study of electron-transfer reactions at interfaces. In this chapter, the use of monolayer and multilayer assemblies to probe fundamental questions regarding electron transfer in surface-confined molecular assemblies will be addressed. 

As the number of technological applications of MIPs continues to increase, there is a growing demand for MIPs tailored to specific physical forms. Polymerization methods to yield the MIPs in the form of size-defined spherical particles at the micro- or nanoscale, monoliths, thick and thin films and molded microstructures have all been published in the last few years [Biffis et al., 2012]. 

Macroscopically aligned BCP thin films provide invaluable robust, versatile, chemically functionalizable nanopattemed surfaces. Due to the interplay between film thickness, nanostructure and alignment, careful and complex processes are required to reach large scale alignment mmiodomams. Moreover, with the multiplication of the actual possibilities in term of copolymer architecture, monomer choices, advanced substrates, high-tech deposition and treatment processes, as well as new time- or spatially resolved analysis techniques, the field of nanopattemed BCP thin films is still ready to provide remarkable model study subjects as well as routes for defect-free or tailor-made nanomaterials for technological applications. 

The most important features of polyurethanes are their structures and properties, which may be tailored to meet the highly diversified demands of modern technological applications by the appropriate choice of raw materials. 

From a ] actical point of view, gas phase polymerization can lead to the syndiesis of defect-fiee, uniform diin polymeric films of controlled morphology and tailored coiiqiositions with excellent elecdical and optical properties for many technological applications such as protective coatings and electrical insulators. For example, the polymeric species could be deposited fixim die gas phase in a size-selected manner on metal or s conductor surfaces. Furdiomore, gas jdiase potymerization can be easily coupled with the vapor... 

The most important requirements for successful sensors are accuracy, good reliability, and long-term operability at an acceptable price. Many applications may require standard sensors, but tailor-made solutions and integrated devices in Lab-on-a-Chip or microprocess technology application are also urgently needed. A standardization... 

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