Self-assembled polyphiles: molecular nanopatterns

21世纪的技术肯定依赖于先进的材料，在特性、功能和制造工艺上都是全新的。控制物质结构，从原子和分子尺度及以上将是一个中心焦点，以设计从电子或光子功能到化学选择性的特定特征。材料设计将采用生物材料的制造原理，在体内常规制造，具有精致的经济性和对所有长度尺度的控制。获得这些材料的途径是自我组装。我们将详细探讨自组装纳米结构材料的理论和实际制造，在纳米尺度上构建结合复合材料特征的分子蜂窝。

21st century technology is certain to rely on advanced materials, utterly new in character, function and manufacturing process. Control of material structure, from the atomic and molecular scales and upward will be a central focus, to engineer specific features from electronic or photonic functionality, to chemical selectivity. The manufacturing principle of biological materials, made routinely in vivo with exquisite economy and control at all length scales, will be adopted for materials design. The route to these materials is self-assembly. We will explore in detail theory and practical manufacture of self-assembled nanostructured materials, building molecular honeycombs combining composite material features at the nanoscale.