This book covers recurrent themes in nanocolloid science, including self-assembly, construction of supramolecular architecture, nanconfinement and compartmentalization, measurement and control of interfacial forces, novel synthetic materials, and computer simulation. It reviews surface forces apparatus measurement of two-dimensional organized ensembles at solid—liquid interfaces, gives examples of nanofabrication of cored colloidal particles and hollow capsules; discusses Langmuir—Blodgett films; and much more.

From the Preface: “...The reviews collected in this book...reveal the interaction of a spectrum of disciplines in which physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science intersect. Not only is the vast range of industrial and technological applications depicted, but it is also shown how this new way of thinking has generated exciting developments in fundamental science. Some of the chapters also skirt the frontiers, where there are still unanswered questions...”

Target Audience: Physical, surface, colloid, inorganic, organic, polymer, medicinal, and analytical chemists; chemical engineers; physicists and biophysicists; materials scientists; biotechnologists; biologists; and upper-level students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents:

Molecular Architecture at Solid—Liquid Interfaces Studied by Surface Force Measurement

Adhesion on the Nanoscale

Langmuir Monolayers: Fundamentals and Relevance to Nanotechnology

Supramolecular Organic Layer Engineering for Industrial Nanotechnology

Mono- and Multilayers of Spherical Polymer Particles Prepared by Langmuir—Blodgett and Self-Assembly Techniques

Studies of Wetting and Capillary Phenomena at Nanometer Scale with Scanning Polarization Force Microscopy

Nanometric Solid Deformation of Soft Materials in Capillary Phenomena

Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Superlattices: Syntheses and Collective Physical Properties

Molecular Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology with Two-Dimensional Protein Crystals (S-Layers)

DNA as a Material for Nanobiotechnology

Self-Assembled DNA/Polymer Complexes

Supramolecular Assemblies Made of Biological Macromolecules

Reversed Micelles as Nanometer-Size Solvent Media

Engineering of Core—Shell Particles and Hollow Capsules

Electro-Transport in Hydrophilic Nanostructured Materials

Electrolytes in Nanostructures

Polymer—Clay Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Properties

Index