Metallopolymers as an Emerging Class of Self-Healing Materials . . . . . . . 239
Benedict Sandmann, Stefan Bode, Martin D. Hager, and Ulrich S. Schubert
Design and Applications of Multiscale Organic–Inorganic
Hybrid Materials Derived from Block Copolymer Self-Assembly . . . . . . . 259
Kahyun Hur and Ulrich Wiesner
Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers via Ring Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Zhongfan Jia and Michael J. Monteiro
Recent Advances in the Emulsion Solvent Evaporation Technique
for the Preparation of Nanoparticles and Nanocapsules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Roland H. Staff, Katharina Landfester, and Daniel Crespy
Nanomechanical Function Arising from the Complex Architecture
of Dendronized Helical Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Jonathan G. Rudick
Aqueous Supramolecular Polymers Based on Aromatic Amphiphiles:
Rational Design, Complexity, and Functional Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Boris Rybtchinski
Peptoids for Biomimetic Hierarchical Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Niklas Gangloff and Robert Luxenhofer
Stimuli-Sensitive Microgels from Native Elastin: An Easy Approach
for a Drug Release System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Smriti Singh, Fuat Topuz, Krystyna Albrecht, Ju ¨rgen Groll,
and Martin Mo ¨ller
Nanostructured Polymeric Ionic Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Benjamin Kerscher, Fabian Schu ¨ler, Anna-Katharina Appel,
Kristina Schadt, and Rolf Mu ¨lhaupt
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
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