Herein, we explore the idea of self-assembly of nearly monodisperse nanoparticles as uniform building blocks to design highly crystalline mesoporous TiO(2) nanoparticles, through evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) and hydrothermal methods by using non-ionic Pluronic F127 and anionic surfactant SDS, respectively as structure directing agents. The small- and wide-angle powder X-ray diffract...

Biochemical and topographical features of an artificial extracellular matrix (aECM) can direct stem cell fate. However, it is difficult to vary only the biochemical cues without changing nanotopography to study their unique role. We took advantage of two unique features of M13 phage, a non-toxic nanofiber-like virus, to generate a virus-activated aECM with constant ordered ridge/groove nanotopo...

riboflavin and protoporphyrin ix are two molecules that participate in oxidation and reduction reactions in the living cell. changing some functional groups of riboflavin and protoporphyrin ix can provide compounds with self-assembled monolayer properties with wide applications in designing the molecular electronic devices. in this study, the amphiphilic structure of riboflavin and protoporphyr...

using of colloids and polymeric microparticles are gradually increasing. it is observed that thepositive effects of particles stems in both traditional applications such as column pickings,coatings and paints to more recent technologies in diagnostics, drug delivery and optical devicesare well documented. this review focuses on importance of colloids and covers theirapplications on three level:...

the corrosion protection abilities of modified copper in 2-[((z)-1-{6-[(2-sulfanylphenyl)ethanimidoyl]-2-pyridyl}ethylidene)  amino]-1-benzenthiol solution containing tio2 nanoparticles were evaluated by tafel  polarization  and  impedance  spectroscopy  in  3.5%  sodium chloride  solution.  the  samples  were  characterized  by  energy dispersive  x-ray  (edx)  and  scanning  electron  microsc...

Self-assembled nanoscale porous architectures, such as mesoporous silica (MPS) films, block copolymer films (BCP) and porous anodic aluminas (PAAs), are ideal hosts for templating one dimensional (1D) nano-entities for a wide range of electronic, photonic, magnetic and environmental applications. All three of these templates can provide scalable and tunable pore diameters below 20 nm [1-3]. Rec...

Diamondoids are cage-like saturated hydrocarbons consisting of fused cyclohexane rings. The Diamondoids family of compounds is one of the best candidates for molecular building blocks (MBBs) in nanotechnology to construct organic nanostructures compared to other MBBs known so far. The challenge is to find a route for self-assembly of these cage hydrocarbons and their applications in the bottom-...

Orienting origami binding Directing self-assembly for devices will require placing nanocomponents not only in the correct position on a surface but also particular orientations. Gopinath et al. designed an asymmetric DNA origami, “small moon” shape that binds to lithographically patterned sites silica within 3° of target orientation angle. The authors were able and orient molecular dipole reson...

The capability of some natural molecular building blocks to self-organize into defined supramolecular architectures is a versatile tool for nanotechnological applications. Their site-selective integration into a technical context, however, still poses a major challenge. RNA-directed self-assembly of tobacco mosaic virus-derived coat protein on immobilized RNA scaffolds presents a possibility to...