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Cover Image, Volume 131, Issue 14
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.40549
Subject(s) - copolymer , cover (algebra) , block (permutation group theory) , polymer science , nanotechnology , computer science , citation , phase (matter) , materials science , polymer , computer graphics (images) , combinatorics , chemistry , world wide web , mathematics , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry
Well‐ordered block copolymer films are promising for the production of large areas of sub‐micrometer applications, such as catalytic devices and the control of micro‐ and nanoscale interactions with cells. The review by Malmström and Jadranka Travas‐Sejdic focuses on the emerging area of block copolymer films for the creation of ordered arrays of proteins or peptides. The cover features a transmission electron micrograph of a block copolymer film in the hexagonal cylindrical phase. The graphical elements show how block copolymers self‐assemble, and how such self‐assembly can be used to order proteins—which, in the illustration, are presented as “pebbles” within the cylinders. DOI: 10.1002/app.40360