Soft matter materials chemistry

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Nanotechnology, in its most general sense, implies the control over matter on a nanometre length scale (10^-9 to 10^-7 metres), beyond the size of individual molecules (< 2 nm) and small molecular assemblies (< 10 nm). While many groups focus their efforts on the development of miniaturized devices, we aim for the integration of nano-structured materials into devices of visible sizes. The challenge we now face is how to extend the local control over the materials structure on a nanometre length scale to millimetre and centimetre length-scales and how to chemically imprint this information into a molecular structure. Our approach follows nature's example and employs self-organization.