03575nam 2200937z- 450 9910404086903321202102123-03928-507-6(CKB)4100000011302269(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/59182(oapen)doab59182(EXLCZ)99410000001130226920202102d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSelf-Assembly of PolymersMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 online 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.History of engineering and technologybicsscadsorptionair-liquid interfaceaprotininbiomedicineblock polymersCaCO3calcium alginatecalcium carbonatecell cultureco-synthesiscollagencontrolled releasecrosslinkingdrug deliveryencapsulationevaporative self-assemblyfield-effect transistorflexible geometric confinementfluorescencefood industrylayer-by-layerMarangoni convectionmarine exopolysaccharidemesoporousmicrostructuremonolayermorphological transformationmucinn/ananocrystallinenanolithographynanoparticlephoto-sensitivepolyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanepolymerpolymer scaffoldpolymerisationporous hydrogelprotamineprotein adsorption resistanceself-assemblysolvent vapor annealingstimuli-responsive polymerstimuli-responsive polymerssurface modificationsynthetic polypeptidetension gradientthin filmsTi6Al4VtransglutaminasesHistory of engineering and technologyVikulina Annaauth1327944Volodkin DmitryauthBOOK9910404086903321Self-Assembly of Polymers3038320UNINA