Preface

Articles in the same Issue

1. Contents
2. Foreword
3. Part 1: Controlling the Self Assembly in Macromolecular Systems: From Nature to Chemistry to Functional Properties
4. Preface
5. Development of acid-sensitive copolymer micelles for drug delivery
6. Block copolymer vesicles
7. Polymeric micelles for oral drug delivery: Why and how
8. Directing self-assembly in macromolecular systems: Hydrogen bonding in ordered polymers
9. Controlling the assembly of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers by the strategy of molecular tectonics
10. Morphology of blends of self-assembling long-chain carbamate and stearic acid
11. Composite tectocapsules via the self-assembly of functionalized poly(divinylbenzene) microspheres
12. Dendritic polymers composed of glycerol and succinic acid: Synthetic methodologies and medical applications
13. Controlling the physicochemical properties of weak polyelectrolyte multilayer films through acid/base equilibria
14. Part 2: Polymers in Electronics and Photonics: Synthesis, Characterizations and Device Applications
15. Preface
16. Dendritic polyphenylazomethines: Synthesis, structure, and metal-assembling function
17. Multifunctional properties of monodisperse end-functionalized oligophenylenevinylenes
18. Organic electro-optic materials
19. Near-infrared absorbing organic materials
20. Using light to control physical properties of polymers and surfaces with azobenzene chromophores
21. Photoinduced bending and unbending behavior of liquid-crystalline gels and elastomers
22. Light-induced motions in azobenzene-containing polymers
23. New photoactive polymer and liquid-crystal materials
24. Morphological reasoning for the enhanced charge carrier mobility of a hole transport molecule in polystyrene
25. Part 3: Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
26. Preface
27. Fifty years of "Watson-Crick"
28. Ribozymes that use redox cofactors
29. Structure-function investigation of a deoxyribozyme with dual chelatase and peroxidase activities
30. Engineering DNA aptamers and DNA enzymes with fluorescence-signaling properties
31. Abasic site stabilization by aromatic DNA base surrogates: High-affinity binding to a base-flipping DNA-methyltransferase
32. Selection and characterization of DNAzymes with synthetically appended functionalities: A case of a synthetic RNAsea mimic
33. Minimalist proteins: Design of new molecular recognition scaffolds
34. Chemistry for the synthesis of nucleobase-modified peptide nucleic acid
35. Conformationally restricted cationic polyamide analogs of nucleic acids: Design, synthesis, and DNA/RNA binding studies
36. Provisional Nomenclature Recommendations