Biomolecular Self-Assembling Materials

Scientific and Technological Frontiers

Biomolecular Self-Assembling Materials
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Preface
Contents
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Status
- COMPLEX FLUIDS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS
- SURFACTANT-BASED SELF-ASSEMBLY
- POLYMERS.
- MOLECULAR THIN FILMS
  - Membrane-associated Proteins
  - Laminates and Templates
  - Biomotors
3 Opportunities
- LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS35
- LYOTROPIC SYSTEMS36
- FABRICATION OF DEVICES BY SELF-ASSEMBLY37
- POLYMERS—SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING.
- SENSORS
- MOLECULAR MACHINES
4 Needed Developments
- OVERVIEW
- RESEARCH PRIORITIES
  - Colloids
  - Biosynthesis of Polymers
  - Processing of Biosynthetic Polymers
  - Surfactant-based Self-Assembly.
  - Multicomponent Self-Assembly
  - Establishing Design Rules for the Development of Advanced Molecular Materials
  - Imaging on Mesoscopic Scales
  - Vesicle Adhesion and Fusion
  - Membrane Proteins
  - Gene Therapeutics
  - Biological Computation
  - Sensor Development
  - Processing Using Templates.
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- ACTION OPTIONS
Appendix: Biomolecular Materials Research in Other Countries
- JAPAN
- GREAT BRITAIN
- GERMANY
- FRANCE

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