Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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603509 | Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science | 2007 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Recent developments of bottom-up fabrication based on self-assembly processes allow us to construct well-designed nano- and microstrctures such as spheres, fibers, tubes, and disks from various functional molecules including biopolymers, conjugated molecules, porphyrins, graphenes, and fullerenes. These assembling techniques do not always require traditional (hydrophilic/hydrophilic) amphiphilic structure. A wide range of functional molecules can be now applied for the fabrication of desired microstructures.
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Authors
Katsuhiko Ariga, Takashi Nakanishi, Jonathan P. Hill,