This volume focuses on supramolecular approaches and new approaches towards polymer colloids, with additional emphasis on biological and biomedical applications. The specific topics chosen are intended to have broad relevance in the field of colloid science, which offers chemists the ability to create chemical nanostructures in a rational way.

From the Preface: “Over the past forty years, good-old fashioned colloid chemistry has undergone something of a revolution, transforming itself from little more than a collection of qualitative observations of the macroscopic behavior of some complex systems into a discipline with a solid theoretical foundation and a whole toolbox of new chemical techniques. It can now boast a set of concepts which go a long way towards providing an understanding of the many strange and interesting behavior patterns exhibited by natural and artificial systems on the mesoscale...”

Target Audience: Industrial and academic researchers and technologists, as well as upper-level students, who are concerned with colloid chemistry.

Table of Contents:

Molecular Recognition and Hydrogen-Bonded Amphiphiles

Dendrimers for Nanoparticle Synthesis and Dispersion Stabilization

Organic Reactions in Microemulsions

Miniemulsions for Nanoparticle Synthesis

Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanospheres as Fully Synthetic Affinity Receptors

Hollow Inorganic Capsules via Colloid-Templated Layer-by-Layer Electrostatic Assembly

Biorelevant Latexes and Microgels for the Interaction with Nucleic Acids

Preparation of Monodisperse Particles and Emulsions by Controlled Shear

Index