Dr. Thimmaiah Govindaraju is a professor at JNCASR, Bengaluru, India. He received his M.Sc in chemistry (2000) from Bangalore University and Ph.D. (2005) from the National Chemical Laboratory and University of Pune, Pune, India. He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2005-2006) and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany (2006-2008). His research interests are at the interface of chemistry, biology, and biomaterials science, and include molecular architectonics, nanoarchitectonics, silk-inspired biomaterials, upcycling cyclic dipeptides, diagnostic therapy and Alzheimer's disease. He has published more than 120 papers, several book chapters, and 4 books, and holds more than 10 patents.
Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga is the Leader of the Supermolecules Group and Principal Investigator of the World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He was born in 1962, and received his Ph.D. from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990. He was appointed as a professor at The University of Tokyo in 2017. His research field is based on nanoarchitectonics, supermolecular chemistry, surface science, including the boundary research areas of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry. He has published 700 or more scientific papers and his H-index exceeds 100.
Book title: Molecular Architectonics and Nanoarchitectonics
Series title: Nanostructure Science and Technology
Contents
Preface/Introduction: Molecular architectonics to nanoarchitectonics
(Thimmaiah Govindaraju and Katsuhiko Ariga)
Part 1 Molecular Architectonics and Nanoarchitectonics
1. Molecular architectonics. Thimmaiah Govindaraju, Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit and the School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India. Email: [email protected]
2. Nanoarchitectonics. Katsuhiko Ariga, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Part 2. Architectonics of functional molecules
3. Topological Supramolecular Polymer. Shiki Yagai, Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR), Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan. Email: [email protected]
Part 3. Architectonics of peptides
6. Dopamine-based materials: recent advances in synthesis methods and applications. Junbai Li, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Colloid and interfaces and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, [email protected]
7. Peptide-based nanoarchitectonics: Self-assembly and biological applications. Xuehai Yan, State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering (IPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. Email: [email protected]
8. Peptide cross-b nanoarchitectures: characterizing self-Assembly mechanisms, structure and physicochemical properties. Bradley L. Nilsson, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, NY 14627-0216, Email: [email protected]
9. Function-inspired design of molecular hydrogels: Paradigm shifting biomaterials for biomedical applications. Praveen Kumar Vemula, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, Email: [email protected]
10. Smart peptide assembly architectures to mimic biology's adaptive properties and applications. Debasish Haldar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia - 741246, India. Email: [email protected]
Part 4. Architectonics of nucleic acids
11. Bio-inspired functional DNA architectures. Eugen Stulz, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]
13. Architectures of nucleolipid assemblies and their applications. S. G. Srivatsan, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India. E-mail: [email protected]
14. Nucleobase and DNA functionalized hydrogels and their applications. Apurba K Das, Department of Chemistry #220, Helium Building, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Email: [email protected]
15. RNA nanoarchitectures and their applications. Ashwani Sharma, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India. Email: [email protected]
Part 5. Architectonics of complex systems and advanced objects
16. Covalent organic frameworks as tunable supports for HER, OER and ORR catalysts- a new addition to heterogeneous electrocatalysts. Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pashan, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: [email protected]
17. Ligand functionalised nanostructures and their biomedical applications. Nikhil Ranjan Jana, School of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, I2A & 2B Raja S C Mullick Road Kolkata 700032, INDIA.
18. Biomimetic composite materials and their biological applications. Rawil Fakhrullin, Kazan Federal University, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan, Russian Federation. Email: [email protected]
19. Combining polymers, nanomaterials, and biomolecules: Nanostructured films with functional properties and applications. Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior, Institute of Physics, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Carlos - Sao Paulo - Brazil. Email: [email protected]
20. Responsive polymeric architectures and their biomaterial applications, Mitsuhiro Ebara, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan, Email: [email protected]