Print Email Facebook Twitter Multicomponent and Dissipative Self-Assembly Approaches: Towards functional materials Title Multicomponent and Dissipative Self-Assembly Approaches: Towards functional materials Author Boekhoven, J. Contributor Van Esch, J.H. (promotor) Eelkema, R. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Department Chemical Engineering Date 2012-04-24 Abstract The use of self-assembly has proven to be a powerful approach to create smart and functional materials and has led to a vast variety of successful examples. However, the full potential of self-assembly has not been reached. Despite the number of successful artificial materials based on self-assembly, the corresponding structures do not compete with the highly sophisticated and functional architectures found in natural systems. The aim of the research described in this thesis is to increase the functionality of artificial self-assembled materials. In order to do so we implement different ways of self-assembly, inspired by natural self-assembly, in artificial systems. With that, the aim is to to extend the current toolbox, to open routes to the creation of new functional and complex materials and to learn from natural self-assembled systems. Subject supramolecular chemistryself-assemblychemistrydissipativemulticomponent To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:abb00472-bc4b-4eee-9127-dd4275680670 ISBN 9789088914096 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2012 Boekhoven, J. Files PDF Proefschrift_boekhoven.pdf 21.79 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:abb00472-bc4b-4eee-9127-dd4275680670/datastream/OBJ/view