Overview
- Highlights 8 representative soft-matter nanotubes prepared from amphiphiles or supramolecules to proteins
- Includes many schematic illustrations that are attractive and easy for beginners to understand
- Invites readers to a one-dimensional liquid nano-space that provides diverse functions and exciting applications
Part of the book series: Nanostructure Science and Technology (NST)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book addresses the manufacturing methods, characteristic tubular morphologies, diverse functions, and potent applications of organic tubular architectures prepared or self-assembled from rationally designed molecular building blocks. The hollow cylindrical structures with high-aspect ratios are capable of creating unique functions that can be differentiated from well-known self-assembled nanostructures such as organic nanofibers, nanoribbons, and nanorods. Encapsulation, stabilization, transportation, release, and their cooperative functions pave the way for innovative chemical, physical, biological, and medical applications. The book presents attractive advantages of soft-matter nanotubes, which are also different from well-known hard-matter nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The topics and figures in this volume intrigue not only academic researchers but also engineers and university students.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Toshimi Shimizu received his B.S. (1975), M.S. (1977), and Ph.D. (1983) in polymer chemistry from Kyoto University, Japan. He was the director of the Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), AIST (2000–2007). He also directed a Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) project (2001–2005) and the succeeding Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology (SORST) project (2005–2009) funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). His research has focused on functional high-axial-ratio nanostructure assemblies for nano-space engineering. He has received several awards including the Award of the Society of Polymer Science (SPSJ) (2001), Japan, and the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Creative Work (2006). In 2017, he was elected as a SPSJ fellow. He is the volume editor and author of Self-Assembled Nanomaterials I (Springer, 2008) and Molecular- and Nano-Tubes (Springer, 2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Smart Soft-Matter Nanotubes
Book Subtitle: Preparation, Functions, and Applications
Authors: Toshimi Shimizu
Series Title: Nanostructure Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2685-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2684-5Published: 02 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2687-6Published: 03 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2685-2Published: 01 July 2021
Series ISSN: 1571-5744
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7976
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 363
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 236 illustrations in colour
Topics: Materials Science, general, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and Microengineering