Progressive Macromolecular Self-Assembly: From Biomimetic Chemistry to Bio-Inspired Materials

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 25; no. 37; pp. 5215 - 5256
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yu, Sakai, Fuji, Su, Lu, Liu, Yijiang, Wei, Kongchang, Chen, Guosong, Jiang, Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 04.10.2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Animals; Assemblies; Biological Products - chemistry; biomaterials; Biomimetic materials; Biomimetic Materials - chemistry; Biomimetic Materials - metabolism; Biomimetics; Biomimetics - methods; Cells - metabolism; Humans; macromolecular assembly; Macromolecular Substances - chemistry; Macromolecular Substances - metabolism; Materials science; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Self assembly; macromolecular assembly; self-assembly; biomaterials; biomimetics

Macromolecular self‐assembly (MSA) has been an active and fruitful research field since the 1980s, especially in this new century, which is promoted by the remarkable developments in controlled radical polymerization in polymer chemistry, etc. and driven by the demands in bio‐related investigations...