This book presents the general concepts of self-organized spatio-temporal ordering processes. These concepts are demonstrated via prototypical examples of recent advances in materials science. Particular emphasis is on nanoscale soft matter in physics, chemistry, biology and biomedicine. The questions addressed embrace a broad spectrum of complex nonlinear phenomena, ranging from self-assembling near the thermodynamical equilibrium to dissipative structure formation far from equilibrium. Their mutual interplay gives rise to increasing degrees of hierarchical order. Analogues are pointed out, differences characterized and efforts are made to reveal common features in the mechanistic description of those phenomena.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Hierarchical Self-Organization and Self-Assembly: Metal Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices.- Aggregate Structure and Dynamic Percolation in Micro emulsions.- Electric Field Effects in Chemical Patterns.- Charge Transport in Chain of Nanoparticles.- Influence of Nanoparticles on the Mechanism and Properties of Nanocomposites Obtained in Frontal Regime.- Nonlinear Dynamics of Reactive Nano systems: Theory and Experiments.- Automated Polarized Microscopy Analysis of Fluorescent and Birefringent Nano- and Microfibers.- Colloidal Copper Sulphide Based Nanocrystals as Building Blocks for Self-Assembled Nanostructures.- Supramolecular Organization of -Conjugated Oligomers.- Negative Curvature and Control of Excitable Biological Media.- Self-Organization of Nanoparticle-Membrane Systems: Reconstitution of Cell Migration.- Deterministic Anti dissipation.- Example of a Beneficial Interaction Instability.