Molecular Assemblies

Ramanathan Nagarajan is Senior Research Scientist (Soldier nanomaterials) for the U.S. Army Futures Command-Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center in Natick, MA. He is also an emeritus professor of chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He serves as the Army’s senior research scientist in nanomaterials-based technologies, especially to address Soldier domain problem areas affecting individual warfighter and small units. His applied research program focuses on the development and incorporation of polymeric, biological, inorganic, and carbon nanomaterials into protective clothing and equipment for chemical, biological, flame, ballistic, and environmental protection. He has authored approximately 125 articles. Nagarajan has been the program chair of the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (1999-2007, 2010-present) and has served as the guest editor of many publications.

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Chapter 1: Discovery of Monodisperse Micelles with Discrete Aggregation Numbers, Shota Fujii, Ji Ha Lee, and Kazuo Sakurai
Chapter 2: Supramolecular Assembly and Mesophase Behavior of Glycopyranose-Derived Single-Chain Amphiphiles, Ahanjit Bhattacharya and Roberto J. Brea
Chapter 3: Self-Assembly and Aggregation Studies of Simple Structural Derivatives of Stearic Acid, V. Ajay Mallia
Chapter 4: Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Probing of Assembly and Disassembly of Short Interfering RNA/Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly-L-Lysine Polyion Complex Micelles, Christina M. Bailey-Hytholt, Ramanathan Nagarajan, and Terri A. Camesano
Chapter 5: Assemblies of Hydrophobically Modified Starch Nanoparticles Probed by Surface Tension and Pyrene Fluorescence, Damin Kim, Ryan C. Amos, Mario Gauthier, and Jean Duhamel
Chapter 6: Simple Creams, Complex Structures, Delaram Ahmadi, Najet Mahmoudi, Peixun Li, James Tellam, David Barlow, and M. Jayne Lawrence
Chapter 7: Enzyme-Triggered Nanomaterials and Their Applications, Vikash Kumar, Thameez M. Koyasseril-Yehiya, and Sankaran Thayumanavan
Chapter 8: Characterization of Colloidally Stabilized Latex Particles by Capillary Electrophoresis, Meng Jing, Wei Gao, Ligeng Yin, Wen-Shiue Young, and Patricia Ryan

Editor's Biography
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