Bottom-Up Nanofabrication: Supramolecules, Self-Assemblies, and Organized Films (6-Volume Set)

This book is aimed to cover all experimental and theoretical aspects of the bottom-up nanofabrication including topics such as (i) Supramolecules such as Rotaxanes, Catenanes, Dendrimers, Molecular Capsules, Molecular Grids, Biological Supermolecules, Structure-Defined Polymers, Molecular Recognition, Sensing, and all other related topics, (ii) Self-assemblies of Lipid Assemblies, Hydrogen-Bonded Crystals, Low-Molecular-Weight Gels, Biomaterials (DNA, Proteins, Enzymes, Peptides, Oligosaccharides) Assemblies, Nanocarbon (Fullurene, Carbon Nanotube) Assemblies, Self-Assembled Fibers & Tubes, Porphyrin-Arrays, Phthaocyanines, Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Nanocomposites, Inorganic Nanoassemblies, Colloidal Self-Assemblies, Biological Self-Assemblies, Polymer Self-Assemblies, Microshares, Dissipative Patterns, Biomineralization, and all closely related topics (iii) Organized films such as Self-Assembled Monolayers, Langmuir Monolayers, Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Laye! r-by-Layer Assembled Films, Multi-Layered Films, Nanoparticle Layers, Lipid Bilayers, Biomaterials Films, Cast Films, Liquid Crystals, Polymer Thin Films, Functional Interface, Nano-Patterning, Dip-Pen Nanolithography as well as a wide variety of topics on Materials Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization, Properties, Computational Approaches, and Applications. All emerging technologies dealing with the chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering of bottom-up nanofabrication and their applications in electronics, photonics, and biosciences will be covered.