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PART I. STRUCTURING SOFT MATERIALS AT THE NANOSCALE
DNA for Nanoparticle Assembly
Molecular Printing Methods
Bottom-up and Top-down Methods for Formation of Nanoarchitectures
PART II. FABRICATION OF COMPLEX AND COMPOSITE NANOMATERIALS
Building Nano-Assemblies by Coating
Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Click Chemistry
Inkjet Printing
PART III. NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR STUDYING THE PROPERTIES OF SOFT NANOSTRUCTURES
Probing Polymer Brushes by AFM
Evaluation of Novel Conjugated Polymers
Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Direct Optical Characterization
PART IV. NANO-BIO INTERFACE
Age-Dependent Changes in Microscale Stiffness and Mechanoresponses of Cells
Micro-/Nano-engineered Cellular Responses for Soft Tissue Engineering
Cellular Uptake, Intracellular Trafficking, and Cytotoxicity of Nanomaterials
Bio-inspired Micropatterned Platforms to Steer Stem Cell Differentiation
PART V. APPLICATIONS OF SOFT NANOMATERIALS
Nanogenerators
Nanostructuring Polymeric Materials by Templating Strategies
Large-Area Single-Crystalline Nanocone Arrays
Biosensors

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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and using the well-honed tools of nanotechnology, the top team of international authors presents breakthrough results in soft matter research, with a distinct focus on devices and applications.

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Using the well-honed tools of nanotechnology, this book presents breakthrough results in soft matter research, benefitting from the synergies between the chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and engineering communities.
The team of international authors delves beyond mere structure-making and places the emphasis firmly on imparting functionality to soft nanomaterials with a focus on devices and applications. Alongside reviewing the current level of knowledge, they also put forward novel ideas to foster research and development in such expanding fields as nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine. As such, the book covers DNA-induced nanoparticle assembly, nanostructured substrates for circulating tumor cell capturing, and organic nano field effect transistors, as well as advanced dynamic gels and self-healing electronic nanodevices.
With its interdisciplinary approach this book gives readers a complete picture of nanotechnology with soft matter.

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