Nano-Surface Chemistry

Molecular architecture at the solid-liquid interfaces studies by surface forces measurement; adhesion on the nanoscale; Langmuir monolayers - fundamentals and relevance to nanotechnology; supramolecular organic layer engineering for industrial technology; mono- and multilayers of spherical polymer particles prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett and self-assembly techniques; studies of wetting and capillary phenomena at nanometer scale with scanning polarization force microscopy; nanometric solid deformation of soft materials in capillary phenomena; 2D and 3D superlattices - synthesis and collective properties; molecular nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology with two-dimensional protein crystals (S-layers); DNA as a material for nanobiotechnology; self-assembled DNA/polymer complexes; supramolecular assemblies made of biological macromolecules; reversed micelles as nanometer-size solvent media; engineering of core-shell particles and hollow capsules; electro-transport in hydrophilic nanostructured materials; electrolytes in nanostructures; polymer-clay nanocomposites - synthesis and properties.