Self-Assembly of Polymers
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D:Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2018) | Viewed by 60850
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer self-assembly; encapsulation and release of bioactive molecules; microfluidics; raman microscopy; hard and soft templating; polymer scaffolds; cell-surface engineering; 2D and 3D cell culture
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Interests: lipid assembly; lipid chemistry and analysis; liposomes; molecular transport; diffusion phenomenon; controlled release; drug delivery; biomedical applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
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. Particular attention is paid to:
- microfluidic-assisted self-assembly
- design of (bio)polymer based devices and films
- colloidal particles and multilayers
- core-shell structures
- bio-functional self-assembled structures
- hybrid polymer assemblies with lipids and nanoparticles
- polymer mobility and structure of self-assemblies
- mechanism of polymer self-assembly
Contributions related to new technologies and material aspects of polymer assemblies are very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Dmitry Volodkin
Dr. Anna Vikulina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Self-assembly
- Polymer
- Multilayers
- Core-shell
- Hybrid Materials
- Lipids
- Nanoparticles
- Biopolymers
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