Part I: Theory and Structure
Chapter 1
Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry — Scope and Perspectives ................... 3
Jean-Marie Lehn
Chapter 2
Growth of Supramolecular Structures ........................................ 29
Alberto Ciferri
Chapter 3
Theory of Supramolecular Polymerization .................................... 77
Paul van der Schoot
Chapter 4
Supramolecular Liquid Crystals: Simulation ................................ 107
Reinhard Hentschke, Peter Lenz, and Bernd Fodi
Chapter 5
Supramolecular Low-Molecular Weight Complexes and Supramolecular
Side-Chain Polymers ....................................................... 131
Takashi Kato
Chapter 6
Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers: Linear and Network Polymers and
Self-Assembling Discotic Polymers ......................................... 153
Perry S. Corbin and Stephen C. Zimmerman
Chapter 7
Dendrimeric Supramolecular and Supramacromolecuiar Assemblies ............. 187
Donald A. Tomalia
Chapter 8
Polymers with Interwined Superstructures and Interlocked Structures ....... 257
J.Benjamin Beck and Stuart J. Rowan
Chapter 9
Theory of Block Copolymers ................................................ 301
Mark D. Whitmore
Chapter 10
Assemblies in Complex Block Copolymer Systems ............................. 351
Volker Abetz
Chapter 11
Microstructure and Crystallization of Rigid-Coil Comblike Polymers and
Block Copolymers .......................................................... 393
Katja Loos and Sebastian Munoz-Guerra
Part II: Properties and Functions
Chapter 12
DNA Structures and Their Applications in Nanotechnology ................... 445
Jun Xu, Thom H. LaBean, and Stephen L. Craig
Chapter 13
Soluble Amphiphilic Nanostructures and Potential Applications ............. 481
Nobuo Kimizuka
Chapter 14
Supramolecular Properties of Polymers for Plastic Electronics ............. 509
Davide Comoretto
Chapter 15
Supramolecular Polymers in Action ......................................... 555
Anton W. Bosman and Rint P. Sijbesma
Chapter 16
Columnar, Helical, and Tubular Supramolecular Polymers .................... 571
Wei Zhang and Colin Nuckolls
Chapter 17
Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (S-Layers): A Versatile
Self-Assembly System ...................................................... 583
Uwe B. Sleytr, Margit Sara, Dietmar Pum, and Bernhard Schuster
Chapter 18
Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) and Synthesis of Planar Micro- and
Nanostructures ............................................................ 617
Lin Yan, Wilhelm T.S. Huck, and George M. Whitesides
Chapter 19
Layered Polyelectrolyte Assemblies ........................................ 651
X.Arys, A.M.Jonas, A.Laschewsky, R.Legras, and F.Mallwitz
Chapter 20
Molecular Imprinting ...................................................... 711
Makoto Komiyama
Chapter 21
Protein Polymerization and Polymer Dynamics Approach to
Functional Systems ........................................................ 725
Fumio Oosawa
Chapter 22
Force Generation by Cellular Polymers ..................................... 741
George Oster and Alex Mogilner
Index ..................................................................... 753
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