Methods for depositing thin films are important in generating functional materials for diverse
applications in a wide variety of fields. Over the last half-century, the layer-by-layer assembly …

Immobilized enzymes have become the subject of considerable interest due to their
excellent functional properties such as reusability, cost-effectiveness, and optimality during …

Nanoarchitectonics approaches can produce functional materials from tiny units through
combination of various processes including atom/molecular manipulation, chemical …

Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Objects in all dimensions are subject to translational dynamism and dynamic mutual
interactions, and the ability to exert control over these events is one of the keys to the …

Materials fabrication with nanoscale structural precision based on bottom-up-type self-
assembly has become more important in various current disciplines in chemistry including …

Transparent materials such as glasses and some polymers play an essential role in our
daily life. Indeed, it is well known that their application in mirrors, windows, automobile …

Nanoarchitectonics, as a post-nanotechnology concept, constructs functional materials and
structures using nanounits of atoms, molecules, and nanomaterials as materials. With the …

A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

The Langmuir‐Blodgett (LB) technique is known as an elegant method for fabrication of well‐
defined layered structures with molecular level precision. Since its discovery the LB method …