Web alert

Applications of Surfactants
Biomaterials

Paul D.T. Huibers

A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science (October 1999).

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Applications of Surfactants

'Universität Potsdam - Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie'
http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/kolloid/index.htm
The homepage of the research group of Joachim Kötz, Colloid Chemistry Professor at the University of Potsdam, Germany, contains information on their research in the areas of polyelectrolyte synthesis and characterization, interactions between polyelectrolytes and colloidal particles, polyelectrolyte complex formation and mesoscopic organized colloidal systems.

'Liquid Crystal Institute'
http://www.lci.kent.edu
The home page of the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, the largest academic center focused on liquid crystal research in the U.S., provides information on liquid crystals, current research, and links to related web sites such as the International Liquid Crystal Society.

'Nanostructure and Nanohybrid of Block Copolymers'
http://plaza1.snu.ac.kr/~ceb/research.htm
This site contains a description of research on the micellization of block copolymers via photophysical measurements (Seoul National University, Korea).

'Biomolecular Self-Assembling Materials: Scientific and Technological Frontiers'
http://www.nas.edu/bpa/reports/bmm/bmm.html
This on-line report by the National Academy of Sciences describes the state-of-the-art for biomolecular self-assembling materials in 1996, discusses areas of high research potential, and covers the infrastructure and funding requirements to achieve progress in the defined areas.
 

Biomaterials

'Biomaterials Properties Database'
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Dentistry.lib/Dental_tables/intro.html
These tables list 45 biomaterials properties for a wide range of materials used in dentistry (University of Michigan).

'The Society for Biomaterials'
http://www.biomaterials.org
The Society For Biomaterials is a professional society which promotes advances in all phases of materials research and development in the biomaterials field. The vision of the society is to promote the discipline of biomaterials and its applications, be recognized as the premier society for biomaterials education, and be the leader in dissemination of biomaterials research for the benefit of society.

'Liposome Drug Delivery Systems Home Page'
http://members.tripod.com/~rkrishna/
This page provides many links to websites with information related to liposomes, focusing on applications in medicine, with an emphasis on the role of liposomes in cancer chemotherapy.


Posted December 6, 1999 by Paul Huibers, (huibers@mit.edu)