Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Although mesoporous materials have well-defined pore structures, these fine materials can
surprisingly be produced by employing a set of conventional and simple procedures such as …

Materials fabrication with nanoscale structural precision based on bottom-up-type self-
assembly has become more important in various current disciplines in chemistry including …

Porphyrins and related families of molecules are important organic modules as has been
reflected in the award of the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry in 1915, 1930, 1961, 1962, 1965 …

Fabrication of ultrasmall functional machines and their integration within ultrasmall areas or
volumes can be useful for creation of novel technologies. The ultimate goal of the …

In the 25 years since its Nobel Prize in chemistry, supramolecular chemistry based on
molecular recognition has been paid much attention in scientific and technological fields …

Nanoengineered multifunctional capsules with tailored structures and properties are of
particular interest due to their multifunctions and potential applications as new colloidal …

Although progress in nanotechnology is anticipated to stimulate the development of
innovative materials, the areas of nanotechnology and materials science are somehow …

Amphiphiles, either synthetic or natural, are structurally simple molecules with the
unprecedented capacity to self-assemble into complex, hierarchical geometries in …

In situations of power outage or shortage, such as periods just following a seismic disaster,
the only reliable power source available is the most fundamental of forces ie, manual …