title: Self-assembly in mesoscopic dimension and artificial supramolecular membranes.
abstract: The development of mesoscopic supramolecular architectures is an area of growing interest. The field has grown from early works on bilayer membranes, and the design of large (super- or giant-) amphiphiles, hybrid amphiphiles and supramolecular membranes have now been described. Impartment of amphiphilicity to a unit supermolecule allows their hierarchical self-assembly to the mesoscopic structures. A supramolecular combinatorial approach is useful in the development of functional self-assemblies. In addition, self-assembly in ionic liquids has been introduced as a promising area in materials chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. kimitcm@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimizuka
mesh_terms: D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009942:Organometallic Compounds