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This book is a timely review of recent advances on the construction and functions of organic thin films by a variety of techniques. The component molecules are relatively simple ones with self-organizing properties, i.e., ordered molecular assembly characteristics. The contents are arranged from the fundamental concepts of molecular assembly of self-organizing molecules to the potential biological applications of protein assemblies, supramolecular species.
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S T U D I E S IN I N T E R F A C E SCIENCE New Developments in Construction and Functions of Organic Thin Films STUDIES IN I N T E R F A C E SERIES D. M 6 b i u s SCIENCE EDITORS and R. M i l l e r Vol. I Dynamics of Adsorption at Liquid Interfaces Theory, Experiment, Application by S.S. Dukhin, G. Kretzschmar and R. Miller Vol. z An Introduction to Dynamics of Colloids by ].K.G. Dhont Vol. 3 Interfacial Tensiometry by A.I. Rusanov and V.A. Prokhorov Vol. 4 New Developments in Construction and Functions of Organic Thin Films edited by T. Kajiyama and M. Aizawa New Developments in Construction and Functions of Organic lhin Films Edited by T I S A T O KAJ I Y A M A Department of Chemical Science and Technology Kyushu University 6-10-1 Hakozaki Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812 Japan MAS U O AI Z A W A Department of Bioengineering Tokyo Institute of Technology Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226 Japan x996 ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Lausanne - New York- Oxford - Shannon - Tokyo ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 P.O. Box 211, iooo AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands ISBN: o 444 81956 8 9 I99 6 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any for