Computer simulations of self-assembling nanofibers from thiophene-peptide oligomers [Elektronische Ressource] / Alexey Shaytan

Computer Simulations of Self-assembling Nanofibers from Thiophene-Peptide Oligomers Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr. rer. nat. der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Universität Ulm vorgelegt von Alexey K. Shaytan geb. in Moskau, Russland Ulm, 2011 2   Amtierender Dekan: Prof. Dr. Axel Groß 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Alexei R. Khokhlov 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Axel Groß Tag der promotion: 16. December 2011 3  4  “We are to admit no more causes of natural things, than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” Isaac Newton (1643-1727) This work was accomplished in between March 2009 and September 2011 in the Institute of Polymer Science, University of Ulm, Germany 5   6  Abstract Polythiophenes are conductive polymers with outstanding semiconducting, optical, electroluminescent and processing properties making them a promising compound class for applications in organic electronics, sensor design, etc. The ability to organize molecules into various functional structures at micro and nano scale in a controlled fashion is now seen as an important challenge which will contribute to the ongoing technological revolution in the field of nanotechnology.