Molecular Self-Assembly in Interfacial Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 5755
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular self-assembly—the spontaneous organization of molecules into supramolecular architectures of different sizes and shapes through non-covalent interactions—has also been recognized as a very promising strategy for the controlled bottom-up fabrication of sophisticated nanoarchitectures and the development of nanotechnologies. Lying at the boundary of chemistry, physics and biology, molecular self-assembly involves the understanding of the molecular mechanism at the interfaces and offers new insights to study the natural phenomenon and the living system. Compared to the solution-phase assembly, molecular self-assembly at the solid/solution/air interfaces or bio-interfaces has polytropic parameters that affect their assembling behaviors and lead to various material functionality.
This Special Issue devoted to “Molecular Self-Assembly in Interfacial Chemistry” aims to present recent advances to understand the molecular insights and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of molecular self-assembly on the surface. We warmly invite investigators to contribute original research articles or review articles covering topics of interest including, but not limiting to, the following:
- Fabrication of molecular self-assemblies at the solid/solution/air or bio-interfaces.
- Novel methodologies for analyzing and characterizing their interfacial properties;
- Potential applications for interfacial molecular self-assembly in the fields of environment, energy, material science, molecular engineering, life science and health-related fields.
Dr. Guanying Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular self-assembly
- interfacial chemistry
- bio-nanointerface
- supramolecular materials
- nanotechnology
