Self-Sorting and Directed Molecular Self-Assembly towards New Soft Materials

Doctoral thesis (2019)

Authors

Y. Wang ChemE/Advanced Soft Matter - AS
Research Group
ChemE/Advanced Soft Matter (AS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 Y. Wang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:c71f55e1-9049-47ae-85ba-cda251757064
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

ChemE/Chemical Engineering

Research Group

ChemE/Advanced Soft Matter

Abstract

Molecular self-assembly has been realized as a powerful approach to control the organization of materials from molecular to macroscopic length scale. While for a long time molecular self-assembly has focused on the investigation of systems involving a single component and under thermodynamic equilibrium. In recent years the interests are shifting towards more complex multicomponent and non-equilibrium self-assembly systems, where the richest functions of the resulted supramolecular objects can be harnessed. In this thesis, multicomponent supramolecular self-assembly and directed molecular self-assembly leading to out-of-equilibrium supramolecular systems are investigated, with the aim to construct new soft functional materials.