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Self-assembly, the construction of supramolecular architecture, nanoconfinement and compartmentalization, measuring and controlling interfacial forces, novel synthetic materials, and computer simulation are among the areas of nano-colloid science reviewed by scientists from Europe, the US, Israel, and Japan. They also demonstrate the intersection and interaction of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science; survey industrial and technological applications; and explore how new experimental techniques and findings are generating developments in fundamental science.Book News, Inc. Portland, OR

Book Description
Describes hierarchical assemblies in biology and biological processes that occur at the nanoscale across membranes and at interfaces.

Molecular Architectures at Solid Liquid Interfaces Studied by Surface Forces Measurement
Kazue Kurihara
Adhesion on the Nanoscale
Suzanne P. Jarvis
Langmuir Monolayers Fundamentals and Relevance to Nanotechnology
Keith J. Stine and Brian G. Moore

Supramolecular Organic Layer Engineering for Industrial Nanotechnology
Claudio Nicolini, V. Erokhin, and M. K. Ram

Mono and Multilayers of Spherical Polymer Particles Prepared by Langmuir Blodgett and Self-Assembly Techniques
Bernd Tieke, Karl-Ulrich Fulda, and Achim Kampes

Studies of Wetting and Capillary Phenomena at Nanometer Scale with Scanning Polarization Force Microscopy
Lei Xu and Miquel Salmeron
Nanometric Solid Deformation of Soft Materials in Capillary Phenomena
Martin E. R. Shanahan and Alain Carre
Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Superlattices Syntheses and Collective Physical Properties
Marie-Paule Pileni
Molecular Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology with Two-Dimensional Protein Crystals (S-Layers)
Uwe B. Sleytr, Margit Sara, Dietmar Pum, and Bernhard Schuster
DNA as a Material for Nanobiotechnology
Christof M. Niemeyer
Self-Assembled DNA Polymer Complexes
Vladimir S. Trubetskoy and Jon A. Wolff
Supramolecular Assemblies Made of Biological Macromolecules
Nir Dotan, Noa Cohen, Ori Kalid, and Amihay Freeman
Reversed Micelles as Nanometer-Size Solvent Media
Vincenzo Turco Liveri
Engineering of Core-Shell Particles and Hollow Capsules
Frank Caruso
Electro-Transport in Hydrophilic Nanostructured Materials
Bruce R. Locke
Electrolytes in Nanostructures
Kwong-Yu Chan
Polymer Clay Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Properties
Syed Qutubuddin and Xiaoan Fu
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