03422nam 2200889z- 450 991040408690332120231214133609.03-03928-507-6(CKB)4100000011302269(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/59182(EXLCZ)99410000001130226920202102d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSelf-Assembly of PolymersMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 electronic resource (186 p.)3-03928-506-8 Nowadays, polymer self-assembly has become extremely attractive for both biological (drug delivery, tissue engineering, scaffolds) and non-biological (packaging, semiconductors) applications. In nature, a number of key biological processes are driven by polymer self-assembly, for instance protein folding. Impressive morphologies can be assembled from polymers thanks to a diverse range of interactions involved, e.g., electrostatics, hydrophobic, hots-guest interactions, etc. Both 2D and 3D tailor-made assemblies can be designed through modern powerful techniques and approaches such as the layer-by-layer and the Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, hard and soft templating. This Special Issue highlights contributions (research papers, short communications, review articles) that focus on recent developments in polymer self-assembly for both fundamental understanding the assembly phenomenon and real applications.evaporative self-assemblyencapsulationmicrostructuresolvent vapor annealingdrug deliverypolyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxaneprotein adsorption resistancephoto-sensitivecalcium carbonatefluorescencemucinpolymerisationmarine exopolysaccharidetransglutaminasesporous hydrogeladsorptionaprotininnanoparticlecalcium alginateprotaminenanocrystallineself-assemblymorphological transformationcell cultureblock polymersstimuli-responsive polymercrosslinkingmesoporousTi6Al4Vpolymerflexible geometric confinementlayer-by-layersurface modificationco-synthesisnanolithographyCaCO3synthetic polypeptideair-liquid interfacefood industrystimuli-responsive polymersfield-effect transistorMarangoni convectionpolymer scaffoldcollagenbiomedicinethin filmscontrolled releasetension gradientmonolayerVikulina Annaauth1327944Volodkin DmitryauthBOOK9910404086903321Self-Assembly of Polymers3038320UNINA