Biomimetic nanomaterials from the assembly of polymers, lipids, and surfactants

Abstract

Life is ephemeral as are the assemblies that make life possible. Among the nanomaterials, biomimetic nanomaterials mimic the assemblies found in living creatures and may find myriad uses. Such nanomaterials encompass a wide variety of hybrid metastable nanostructures holding different or similar molecules transiently together thanks to weak but frequent intermolecular interactions, such as van der Waals forces, hydrogen bridges, electrostatic and electrodynamic interactions, and the hydrophobic effect.