title: From self-organizing polymers to nanohybrid and biomaterials.
abstract: Block copolymers form a large number of superlattices with characteristic dimensions in the range of a few nanometers up to several micrometers by self-organization. The interplay of supramolecular physics and chemistry opens up new approaches to the production of inorganic, organic, and biological structures and to their integration into functional units. Possible applications in the fields of materials science and molecular biology are being investigated. Block copolymers find numerous applications from the production of inorganic nanoparticles (metals, semiconductors, magnets) and mesoporous materials up to take-up/release systems in chemo- and gene therapy.
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 45, 20146 Hamburg. forster@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Förster
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Plantenberg
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003460:Crystallization; D008823:Micelles; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers