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Self-organization of functional polymers

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When polymer scientists are asked to select goals for the development of polymer nanostructures and mesoscale engineering, they find self-organization is an important task for scientists and polymers alike.

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Figure 1: Directed self-assembly from building blocks with broken symmetry.
Figure 2: Engineering functional surfaces.
Figure 3: Dielectric elastomer actuator, as designed by the ARTMUS project (http://www.risoe.dk/fys-artmus/intro.htm).

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  1. * Polyfunction: Polymers for Functional Nanostructures and Mesoscale Surface Engineering, Hersonissos, Crete, October 30–November 1, 2002.

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