| Ionic self-assembly and hierarchies of polymeric structures for fabrication of nanoscale architectures has been reviewed along with discussions on future perspective. The process of self-assembly has attained greater scientific interests because of its capability to control fabrication of macromolecular objects with required morphologies and size, for novel scientific utility. The scope and opportunity of using these nanoscale materials for various applications such as electronics, photonics, biomedicinal application, clean energy, organic solar cells, catalysis, light energy conversion, defense, semiconductor device, etc. have been discussed from the view point of industrial perspectives. Emphasis has been made to bring to front the relevance of the process of self-assembly in addressing various issues confronted by human society. Development attained in various sectors have been discussed under different heading and sub-headings. Finally a brief concluding remark has been provided describing the future expectations from this field of research and comments on the frontiers to which the future scope of this interesting filed of work might expand. |
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