FUNDAMENTALS OF SELF-ASSEMBLY AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS
FUNDAMENTALS OF SELF-ASSEMBLY AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS 1. Self-assembly is the spontaneous organization of building blocks with dimensions that are beyond the sub-nanometer scale of most molecules or macromolecules. 2. There are five prominent principles that need to be taken into consideration. These are i) building blocks,scale,shape,surface structure ii) attractive and repulsive interactions between building blocks, equilibrium seperation iii) reversible association-dissociation and adaptable motion of building blocks iv) building block interactions with solvents, interfaces v) building-blocks dynamics,mass transport and agitation. 3. A challenge for perfecting structures made by self-assembly chemistry is to find ways of synthesizing(bottom-up) or fabricationg(top-down) building blocks with right composition, size and shape. 4. A demanding task is to make building blocks with a particular surface structure, charge and functionality. 5. Surface properties will ...