Nanoarchitectonics beyond perfect order – not quite perfect but quite useful

Abstract

Nanoarchitectonics like architectonics allows designing and building structures but at the nanoscale. Unlike those in architectonics and even macro-, micro-, and atomic-scale architectonics, the assembled structures at the nanoscale do...

A decade of developing applications exploiting the properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules

“…Capsules would be useful for building novel nanoarchitectonics applications. 474 It should be also noted that for applying capsules in research and industry, high-throughput methods of their fabrication are needed, but essential steps have been already proposed. 475–482…”

“…Capsules would be useful for building novel nanoarchitectonics applications. 474 It should be also noted that for applying capsules in research and industry, high-throughput methods of their fabrication are needed, but essential steps have been already proposed. [475][476][477][478][479][480][481][482] This review, on the one hand, provides summary of properties, particularly encapsulation in and release from capsules and describes their components and composition, which should be useful for both researchers who used and applied capsules in their applications and new incoming groups, which could benefit from knowing such properties and thinking of developing their own research lines.…”

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

“…Under these circumstances, a unifying concept becomes important. Nanoarchitectonics [ 44 – 45 ], which can be considered a post-nanotechnology concept [ 46 ], can play this role. Just as Richard Feynman proposed nanotechnology in the 20th century [ 47 – 48 ], nanoarchitectonics was proposed by Masakazu Aono in the early 21st century [ 49 – 50 ].…”

Hierarchy of hybrid materials. Part-II: The place of organics-on-inorganics in it, their composition and applications

“…The growth of research in the area of hybrid materials is continuing to be robust, benefiting from advanced processing methods ( Lutich et al, 2009 ; Yang et al, 2019 ; Ariga et al, 2020 ), emerging technologies ( Moreels et al, 2008 ; Zhu et al, 2021 ) and materials ( Gaponik and Rogach, 2010 ; Yan et al, 2014 ; Zuaznabar-Gardona and Fragoso, 2018 ; Karthick et al, 2022 ), which facilitate tremendous growth and establish interconnections between associated scientific research areas and create new functionalities ( Balazs et al, 2006 ; Christau et al, 2014 ; Leroux et al, 2015 ; Cui et al, 2016 ; Gao et al, 2016 ; Taubert et al, 2019 ; Cao et al, 2022 ; Stavitskaya et al, 2022 ). In the past, different approaches to the classification of hybrid materials have been discussed: those based on the interactions ( Sanchez and Soler-Illia, 2006 ), wherein those associated with van der Waals, hydrogen bonding, and electrostatics are distinguished from those based on covalent and no-covalent bonds.…”