A comprehensive look at the latest advances in soft materialgradients
Tremendous progress has been made in the field of surface-boundsoft material gradients in recent years, with intriguing new areasof investigation opening up and advances in bioanalytics changingthe way high-throughput screening methods are used in the designand discovery of catalysts and new materials.
This volume provides the first complete, up-to-date summary ofthe progress in this field, showing readers how to harness thepowerful properties of soft matter gradients in the design anddevelopment of modern functional materials.
Contributed chapters from experts in diverse fields help bridgeareas of materials science, chemistry, and biomaterials, coveringfabrication techniques, gradients in self-assembled monolayers,polymer gradients, dynamic gradient structures, structure andassembly, mechanical properties, sensors, biomaterial applications,protein adsorption, and organization of cells on gradientsurfaces.
Readers will learn how to implement the techniques described inthe book in their own work, while improving efficacy and loweringresearch and production costs. Soft Matter Gradient Surfacesis an invaluable resource for chemists, physicists, biologists, andengineers, and anyone who would like to take advantage of theseunique soft matter building blocks.
Jan Genzer
Chemie Chemistry Condensed Matter Kondensierte Materie Materials Science Materialwissenschaften Physical Chemistry Physics Physik Physikalische Chemie