Self-Assembled Nanomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

Self-assembly is the driving force for nanostructure formation from a broad diversity of building blocks. Many developments in nanotechnology attempt to exploit self-assembling properties of soft materials, being of natural (phospholipids, nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates) or synthetic origin (peptides, amphiphilic molecules or polymers). Inorganic materials at the nanoscale also exhibit self-organization properties as found in mesocrystals. Nowadays, huge efforts are devoted to the exploration of the frontiers of the biological and mineral worlds to build up functional self-assembled bionanocomposites. Whatever the nature of these self-assembled nanomaterials, these approaches face similar challenges in terms of chemical design, biochemical processes, characterization/imaging and, ultimately, integration into effective devices.

This Special Issue aims at gathering contributions illustrating the many ways by which self-assembly processes can be used to design nanomaterials or nanostructured materials. This includes the synthesis of (bio)-organic, inorganic or hybrid/composites nanosystems, the use or development of specific analytical/imaging methods for their characterization, as well as their functional evaluation in any relevant field, from bioelectronics to drug delivery.

Prof. Dr. Thibaud Coradin
Dr. Carole Aimé
Guest Editors

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