Emerging biological materials through molecular self-assembly

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 321-339

  Zhang, Shuguang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological scaffold; Chemical complementarity; Hydrophobic interactions; Molecular engineering; Nanostructures; Structural compatibility

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CONFORMATIONS; FABRICATION; GENES; HYDROGELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036890278     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-9750(02)00026-5     Document Type: Review

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