SUPRAMOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY OF HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS AND ITS BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

@@Molecular self-assembly is such a process that molecules or a part of molecules spontaneously form ordered aggregates by intermolecular noncovalent interactions including van der Waals interaction, Coulomb interaction, hydrophobic interaction, π-π stack, and so on. Previously, the reported precursor molecules used in self-assembly often possess well-defined molecular structures, such as small amphiphiles, dendrimers and linear block copolymers. Through the molecular self-assembly of these precursors, many elaborate microscopic or mesoscopic supramolecular objects have been observed over the last two decades.