Index
A
Aggregates, 1, 66, 238, 258, 268
Albumin, 48, 211, 225
gene delivery, 218
Allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), 185
α-Hemolysin, 21
AMBER GAFF, 31
Amino acids, 35, 40, 168, 214, 218
cyclic, 34
Aptamers, 53–56
Arylene-ethynylene-butydiynylene, 173
Atomic force spectroscopy (AFS), 2, 18, 53
B
Bending modulus, 244
Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides (BTAs), 172
Benzoylterrylene-3,4-dicarboximide, 83
Binding pockets, 1, 52
Biomembranes, 237
Biopolymers, 115
Biotin–streptavidin, 48
Biphenyl-4,4
0 -dicarboxylic acid (BPDCA), 197
Block copolymers, confinement, 176
Bond breakage, reversible, 31
Bottlebrush polymers, 7, 132, 140
cylindrical, 146
Brain, 221
Brazovskii mechanism, 254
Brushes, 7, 211, 227
complex formation, 152
spherical, 154
C
Calixarene, 28, 39, 52, 173
dimers, 42
Carotenoids, 82
Catenanes, 28, 40, 52
Chain collapse, 1
Charged extracellular matrix (ECM), 216
Chlorophylls, 81, 267–269
Cholesteric phases, 61
liquid crystalline, 88
Cholesterol, 242
Clathrin-dependent endocytosis, 213
Coarse graining, 237
Coil-to-helix transition, 140
Collapse, tethered single chains, 8
Complex structure, 115
Conformation, 115
Cooke model, 242
Copolymers, 115
Copolypeptides, 169
Coupled monolayer models, 240
Critical adsorption point (CAP), 15
Crossovers, 6
Curvature elasticity, 237
Cylindrical brush polymers, 115, 120, 132,
211, 226
D
Dendrimers, 71, 99, 115, 120, 156, 211
Dendritic core–shell star polymers, 215
Diblock copolymers, miniemulsion droplets,
177
Dinaptho quaterrylene diimide (DNQDI), 84
Diode lasers, 87
Dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine bilayers, 242
DNA, 5, 18, 156, 213, 226
biosensors, 131
Dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide
(DOTAB), 161
285