Junbai Li received his PhD from the Department of Chemistry, Jilin University in 1992. He then served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Interface Department of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany from 1994 to 1996. He is currently a professor at the Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been an editor of Colloids & Surfaces A since 2005 and became editor-in-chief in 2017. He has also been a section editor of Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science since 2006. His main research interests are molecular assemblies of biomimetic systems, self-assembly, biointerfaces, and the design and synthesis of bioinspired materials with various nanostructures.

Describes the latest advances in the supramolecular chemistry of biomimetic systems

Introduces a number of modern techniques applied to supramolecular chemistry

Provides a new vision of biomimetic systems

Part 1 Introduction to Supramolecular Chemistry and Biomimetic Systems.- Molecular Biomimetics and Molecular Assembly.- Advantages of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Polymers towards Biological applications.- Part 2 Biomimetic Membranes.- Nanoarchitectonics of Biomimetic Membranes.- Part 3 Biomolecules Based Molecular Assembly.- Polysaccharides Based Microcapsules.- Hemoglobin Based Molecular Assembly.- Photosystem II based Multilayers.- Peptide based Supramolecular Chemistry.- Functional Nanomaterials via Self-assembly Based Modification of Natural Cellulosic Substances.- Part 4 Molecular Assembly of Motor proteins and artificial Micro-/Nanomotors.- Directional Transportation of Assembled Molecular Linear Motors.- Reconstitution of Motor Protein ATPase.- Controlled Molecular Assembly towards Self-Propelled Micro-/Nanomotors.- Part 5 Hierarchical Dendrimer, Polyoxometalates Complexes and Inorganic-organic Hybrid Systems.- Functional Dendrimer-based Vectors for Gene Delivery Applications.- Polyoxometalates and Their Complexes toward Biological Application.- Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials Based on Nanopolyoxometalates.