Issue 12, 2006

Peptide-amphiphiles self-assemble with other lipidated molecules into a variety of soft materials such as patterned membranes.
DOI: 10.1039/b608929a

Issue 11, 2006

Biobased materials development is a modern take on an old subject. Amygdalin, a byproduct of the apricot fruit industry, is used to develop soft materials with exotic nanoarchitectures by self-assembly protocol.
DOI: 10.1039/b609422h

Issue 11, 2006 (inside)

Liquid core-polymer shell microcapsules are becoming a familiar fixture in the encapsulation world.
DOI: 10.1039/b614375j

Issue 10, 2006

Driven by the capillary force, wetting on aligned carbon nanotubes by water can induce the nanotubes to self-assemble into micro-patterns.
DOI: 10.1039/b606654b

Issue 10, 2006 (inside)

An enzymatic reaction is used as the stimulus to trigger assembly of peptide fragments into supramolecular fibres, creating a hydrogel suitable for cell culture.
DOI: 10.1039/b612829g

Issue 9, 2006

Early cartilage matrix formation within a single mineralized polysaccharide capsule illustrating the favourable tissue regeneration microenvironment of these biotemplates.
DOI: 10.1039/b604786f

Issue 9, 2006 (inside)

The application of AC fields across a suspension of gold nanoparticles leads to their directional assembly into conductive microwaves.
DOI: 10.1039/b611128a

Issue 8, 2006

Van der Waals forces in a thin solid-fluid-solid film can corral the fluid into isolated pockets and create surface undulation sin the solid layers.
DOI: 10.1039/b604790d

Issue 8, 2006 (inside)

An oligoarginine hopping along hydrophilic (purplish-blue) and hydrophobic (green) counteranions across a lipid bilayer membrance as if this biological barrier wasn't there.
DOI: 10.1039/b609515c

Issue 7, 2006

Nanofilaments and nanorods of cerium and cobalt phosphate are readily synthesised in isooctane using reverse micelles and microemulsion droplets as nanoscale reaction precursors.
DOI: 10.1039/b604831e

Issue 7, 2006 (inside)

Functionalized nanoparticles stabilize proteins at the air-water interface through non-covalent interactions.
DOI: 10.1039/b607988c

Issue 6, 2006

The carnivorous Venus Flytrap operates bistably enabling it to ensnare guest species. This ensnarement is seldom reversible unlike for the depicted molecule which can capture and release its guest reversibly.
DOI: 10.1039/b602732f

Issue 6, 2006 (inside)

Soft particles, such as star polymers and dendrimers depicted here, are essential components of soft matter. This review discusses various aspects of these systems from the point of view of theory, experiment and simulation.
DOI: 10.1039/b606560k

Issue 5, 2006

UV/Vis encapsulation screening results of unimolecular reversed micelles with a microtiter plate reading the abbreviation CMR as well as a 3D model of the materials studied.
DOI: 10.1039/b518304a

Issue 5, 2006 (inside)

A schematic representation of a generic elastomer filament issuing from a golden orb spider demonstrating the use of its silk as a window into biopolymer structure and function.
DOI: 10.1039/b604886m

Issue 4, 2006

Bukling patterns formed by flexing poly(dimethyl siloxane) films across a hemispherical template, exposing their surfaces to an ultraviolet-ozone treatment, and releasing the imposed strain.
DOI: 10.1039/b516741h

Issue 3, 2006

Direct-write assembly of a 3D polyamine-rich scaffold (top) followed by biomimetic silicification (middle) to generate an inorganic-organic hybrid structure (bottom) under ambient conditions.
DOI: 10.1039/b517278k

Issue 3, 2006 (inside)

Self-assembled monolayers provide unique tools for engineering the interface between particles and with biomacromolecules, including DNA and proteins.
DOI: 10.1039/b601846g

Issue 2, 2006

End-functionalised polymers aggregate at a surface and self-organise to present a nanometre-sized surface layer with the aim of creating similarly liquid repellant surfaces.
DOI: 10.1039/b516439g

Issue 2, 2006 (inside)

Three-dimensional crystal structure, spontaneously formed by small bubbles in a wet foam.
DOI: 10.1039/b600362c

Issue 1, 2006

Bioinspired colloidal systems prepared via layer-by-layer assembly for controlled delivery applications: (left to right) adding functionality to polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules with light-responsive gold nanoparticles, supported lipid coatings, and antibodies.
DOI: 10.1039/b511930h

Issue 1, 2006 (inside)

A schematic representation of a RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerisation, where the presence of monomer droplets, micelles, free surfactant, nucleated particles and final latex particles is depicted.
DOI: 10.1039/b516844a