Supramolecular Polymers, Second Edition details assembly processes and structure-function correlation in natural and synthetic self-assembling materials, focusing on developments occurred over the past five years.
The book highlights developments in the synthesis of complex structures, chemical design principles, and theoretical models of growth processes resulting in an increasingly accurate prediction of stability, degree of polymerization, and shape of various assemblies. It focuses on the rich variety of properties, functions, and applications of self-assembling supramolecular polymers. Supramolecular Polymers, Second Edition ties together potential applications such as those of nanostructures with dynamic-combinatorial-adaptive self-healing features, opto-electronic devices, supramolecular amphiphiles, hydrogels, organic/inorganic nanocomposites, molecular biosensors, molecular imprinting, molecular engines, templates for superlattices with prescribed symmetry. Several chapters of the first edition have been updated or rewritten, and an equal number of new chapters have been added. More than 500 drawings, photographs, micrographs, equations, and tables enhance and reinforce essential concepts presented in the book.
Authored by an expert in polymer mechanics, biopolymers, liquid crystals, and supramolecular assemblies, Supramolecular Polymers, Second Edition emphasizes fundamental principles at the basis of bottom-up nanotechnology, chemical design strategies, and exciting applications for various self-assembling materials for a unified and cutting-edge account of the field.
Preface
About The Editor
Contributors
Part I : Theory and Structure
Chapter 1 : Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry - Scope and Perspectives
Chapter 2 : Growth of Supramolecular Structures
Chapter 3 : Theory of Supramolecular Polymerization
Chapter 4 : Supramolecular Liquid Crystals : Simulation
Chapter 5 : Supramolecular Low-Molecular Weight Complexes and Supramolecular Side-Chain Polymers
Chapter 6 : Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers: Linear and Network Polymers and Self-Assembling Discotic Polymers
Chapter 7 : Dendrimeric Supramolecular and Supramacromolecular Assemblies
Chapter 8 : Polymers with Interwined Superstructures and Interlocked Structures
Chapter 9 : Theory of Block Copolymers
Chapter 10 : Assemblies in Complex Block Copolymer Systems
Chapter 11 : Microstructure and Crystallization of Rigid-Coil Comblike Polymers and Block Copolymers
Part II : Properties and Functions
Chapter 12 : DNA Structures and their Applications in Nanotechnology
Chapter 13 : Soluble Amphiphilic Nanostructures and Potential Applications
Chapter 14 : Supramolecular Properties of Polymers for Plastic Electronics
Chapter 15 : Supramolecular Polymers in Action
Chapter 16 : Columnar, Helical, and Tubular Supramolecular Polymers
Chapter 17 : Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (S-Layers) : A Versatile Self-Assembly System
Chapter 18 : Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) and Synthesis of Planar Micro- and Nanostructures
Chapter 19 : Layered Polyelectrolyte Assemblies
Chapter 20 : Molecular Imprinting
Chapter 21 : Protein Polymerization and Polymer Dynamics Approach to Functional Systems
Chapter 22 : Force Generation by Cellular Polymers
Index
