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From Self‐Organizing Polymers to Nanohybrid and Biomaterials
Author(s) -
Förster Stephan,
Plantenberg Thomas
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20020301)41:5<688::aid-anie688>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , materials science , nanometre , copolymer , polymer , nanoparticle , mesoporous material , nanostructure , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis , composite material
Block copolymers form a large number of superlattices with characteristic dimensions in the range of a few nanometers up to several micrometers by self‐organization. The interplay of supramolecular physics and chemistry opens up new approaches to the production of inorganic, organic, and biological structures and to their integration into functional units. Possible applications in the fields of materials science and molecular biology are being investigated. Block copolymers find numerous applications from the production of inorganic nanoparticles (metals, semiconductors, magnets) and mesoporous materials up to take‐up/release systems in chemo‐ and gene therapy.