Soft Nanomaterials

Soft materials with nanometer scale aspects have been heavily used in biomedical science. Instead of providing a broad introduction of soft materials and their biomedical applications, this book focuses on the preparation of molecular assemblies of biotechnologically relevant biomimetic systems with an emphasis on medical applications.
Contents: Self-Assembling Supramolecular Nanostructures for Drug Delivery (Michael Porter, Ran Lin, Maya Monroe and Honggang Cui)Bioactive Supramolecular Assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles to Control Cellular Fate (M T Jeena, Huyeon Choi and Ja-Hyoung Ryu)Supramolecular Gel Electrophoresis of Protein (Masamichi Yamanaka)Self-assembly of Polymer-grafted Inorganic Nanoparticles into Functional Hybrid Materials (Chenglin Yi and Zhihong Nie)Surface Coated NIR Light-Responsive Nanostructures for Imaging and Therapeutic Applications (Yanmei Yang and Bengang Xing)Surface Functionalization through Polymer Segregation (Tatsuo Maruyama)Nucleic Acid Hairpins: A Robust and Powerful Motif for Molecular Devices (Sudhanshu Garg, Hieu Bui, Abeer Eshra, Shalin Shah and John Reif)
Readership: Advanced students and researchers in the field of soft matter and nanomedicine. Nanomedicine;Molecular Assembly;Functional Materials;Molecular Device;Hybrid Materials0Key Features:The chapters are written by world's experts in the soft matter fieldMolecular assembly as one of the most important aspects of nanomaterials is highlighted