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Synthesis and Self-assembling Properties of Functionalized Glycolipids

Wang G., Nie X., Cheuk S., Williams K., University of New Orleans, US

Biocompatible functional small molecule hydrogelators such as carbohydrates and amino acids derivatives have potential applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering and as biocompatible materials. Polydiacetylenes exhibit a unique blue to red color transition in the [...]

Dissolution of Hydrogen Bonded Polymers in Water: From Synthetic to Biopolymers

Rastogi S., Vinken E., Harings J., Yin J., Terry A., Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

The field of supramolecular materials explores the use of intermolecular, non-covalent bonding to obtain novel self-assembled structures. Self-assembly is a method of spontaneous organisation of molecules into higher order structures ranging from the nano to [...]

Self-Assembled Soft Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources

John G., City College of the City University of New York, US

The self-assembly of low molecular weight building blocks into nanoscale molecular objects has recently attracted considerable interest in terms of the bottom-up fabrication of nanomaterials. The building blocks currently used in supramolecular chemistry are synthesized [...]

From Helical Starch Inclusion Complexes to Supramolecular Starch Assemblies

Conde-Petit B., Nuessli J., Heinemann C., Escher F., ETH Zürich, CH

Starch, in particular the linear amylose fraction has the ability ot form helical inclusion complexes with suitable guest molecules like monoglycerides, linear alcohols, lactones or terpenes. The helical amylose segments have a strong tendency to [...]

Increasing the Thermal Stability of Self-Assembling DNA Nanostructures by Incorporation of isoG/isoC Base Pairs

Ho K., Li H., Roesch E.B., Sherrill C.B., Prudent J.R., LaBean T.H., Duke University, US

Self-assembling DNA nanostructures are currently being developed for a variety of applications in nanofabrication and molecular computing. For many uses, these nanostructures would benefit from increased thermal stability. However, increasing the lengths of sticky-ends that [...]

Electric Field Assisted Assembly of Functionalized Quantum Dots into Multiple Layer Thin Films

Dehlinger D.A., Sullivan B.D., Esener S., Heller M.J., University of California San Diego, US

Electric Field Assisted Self-Assembly of Functionalized Nanoparticles into Multiple Layer Thin Films Michael J. Heller, Benjamin Sullivan and Dietrich Dehlinger Departments Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering University California San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093 Reconfigurable [...]

Cubic and oriented Ag nano-particles by high vacuum evaporation

Berner D., Zuppiroli L., Caumont M., Bacsa W.S., University Paul Sabatier, FR

Optical properties of metal nanoparticles depend strongly on size and shape. Controlling these parameters implies improving the control of their optical properties. Metal nanoparticles find applications in photonics, biological labeling and catalysis. A number of [...]

Self-Assembled Cluster Nanostructures and Nanodevices

Brown S.A., Partridge J., Scott S., Reichel R., Ayesh A., Tee K.C., Nano Cluster Devices Ltd, NZ

In this paper we will review our efforts over the last few years to achieve contacted electronic devices which are self-assembled from atomic clusters. The focus is on the assembly of nanowires but many aspects [...]

Construction and Electrical Characterization of 0.9 nm Tall Channels Made via Pyryl Phosphonic Acid (PYPA) Self-assembly

Dong J., Parviz B.A., Yip H.L., Ma H., Jen A.K-Y., University of Washington, US

Molecular self-assembly can yield well-defined systems for charge carrier transport for the construction of a variety of devices such as field effect transistors and biosensors. We report a simple method to create an extremely confined [...]

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Defect-Mediated Organization in Quantum Dot Self-Assembly

Gao D., Kaczynski A., Jaszczak J.A., Michigan Technological University, US

A good understanding of quantum dot (QD) self assembly not only has the potential to augment standard materials patterning technologies but also has applications in industrial nanostructure fabrications. Many observations and insights about self-assembled quantum [...]