Contents
Mechanical Properties of Single Molecules and Polymer Aggregates . . . . . 1
R. Berger, K. Binder, G. Diezemann, J. Gauss, M. Helm, H. -P. Hsu,
A. Janshoff, T. Metzroth, I. Mey, A. Milchev, W. Paul, V.G. Rostiashvili,
and T.A. Vilgis
Optical Properties of Assemblies of Molecules and Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . 61
Thomas Basche ´, Andreas Ko ¨hn, Ju ¨rgen Gauss, Klaus Mu ¨llen, Harald Paulsen,
and Rudolf Zentel
Structure Formation of Polymeric Building Blocks: Complex Polymer
Architectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Kurt Binder, Hans-Ju ¨rgen Butt, George Floudas, Holger Frey,
Hsiao-Ping Hsu, Katharina Landfester, Ute Kolb, Angelika Ku ¨hnle,
Michael Maskos, Klaus Mu ¨llen, Wolfgang Paul, Manfred Schmidt,
Hans Wolfgang Spiess, and Peter Virnau
Polymer Complexes in Biological Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Jana Hedrich, Yuzhou Wu, Seah Ling Kuan, Frauke Kuehn,
Eweline Pietrowski, Mike Sahl, Sandra Muth, Klaus Mu ¨llen,
Heiko J. Luhmann, Tanja Weil, and Manfred Schmidt
Computational Studies of Biomembrane Systems: Theoretical
Considerations, Simulation Models, and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Markus Deserno, Kurt Kremer, Harald Paulsen, Christine Peter,
and Friederike Schmid
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
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