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Soft matter nanotechnology : from structure to function

Fuchs, Harald / Chen, Xiaodong

2.3 General Self-Assembly Method for the Construction of Nanostructures2.3.1 Reprecipitation; 2.3.2 Gelation; 2.3.3 Langmuir-Blodgett Technique; 2.3.4 Layer-by-Layer Assembly; 2.3.5 Self-Assembly in Solution; 2.4 Molecular Design and Building Blocks; 2.4.1 Amphiphiles; 2.4.1.1 Typical Amphiphiles; 2.4.1.2 Bolaamphiphiles; 2.4.1.3 Gemini Amphiphiles; 2.4.1.4 Triangular Amphiphiles; 2.4.1.5 Supra-amphiphiles; 2.4.2 Gelators; 2.4.2.1 Cholesterol-Based Gelators; 2.4.2.2 Alkane- and Fatty Acid-Based Gelators; 2.4.2.3 Nucleoside-Based Gelators; 2.4.2.4 Amino Acid- and Peptide-Based Gelators.

3.2.1 Cerasome: Inorganic Surface Cell3.2.2 Flake-Shell Capsule; 3.2.3 Metallic Cells; 3.3 For Hierarchical Assembly: LbL and Others; 3.3.1 Mesoporous Carbon in Hierarchical Assembly; 3.3.2 Mesoporous Carbon Capsule in Layer-by-Layer Film; 3.3.3 Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Graphene and Ionic Liquids; 3.3.4 LbL Films of Mesoporous Silica Capsule for Controlled Release; 3.4 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Nanoparticles: Important Tools to Overcome the Blood-Brain Barrier and Their Use for Brain Imaging; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Physiology of the Blood-Brain Barrier.

4.2.1 The Endothelial Blood-Brain Barrier4.2.2 The Blood-CSF Barrier; 4.2.3 Regulation of the Barrier Tightness; 4.2.4 Transport Routes and Drug Permeability across the Blood-Brain Barrier; 4.2.5 In vitro Models of the BBB and Blood-CSF Barrier; 4.3 Definition and Type of Nanoparticles and Nanocarriers for Brain Uptake; 4.3.1 Organic Nanoparticles; 4.3.1.1 Polymeric Nanoparticles; 4.3.1.2 Liposomes and Lipidic Nanoparticles; 4.3.1.3 Nanomeric Emulsions, Micelles, and Nanogels; 4.3.1.4 Carbohydrates; 4.3.2 Inorganic Nanoparticles; 4.3.2.1 Magnetic Nanoparticles.

Soft Matter Nanotechnology: From Structure to Function; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1. Chemical Reactions for the Synthesis of Organic Nanomaterials on Surfaces; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Ullmann Coupling; 1.1.2 Condensation Reactions; 1.2 Alkane Polymerization; 1.3 Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition; 1.4 Glaser Coupling; 1.5 Decarboxylative Polymerization of Acids; 1.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 2. Self-Assembly of Organic Molecules into Nanostructures; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Classification of Nanostructures.

Xiaodong Chen is a Singapore NRF Fellow and Nanyang Assistant Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from Fuzhou University (China) in 1999, his MSc degree in Physical Chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002, and his PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Münster (Germany) in 2006. After his postdoctoral work at Northwestern University (USA), he started his independent research career at Nanyang Technological University in 2009. His research interests include s