ch. 1. Carbon-nanotube-based LbL assembly : nanotubes, films, and capsules / Jiwei Cui, Hongguang Li, and Jingcheng Hao -- ch. 2. Nanoengineered polymer capsules : from fabrication to applications / Jiwei Cui and Jingcheng Hao -- ch. 3. Inorganic nanoparticles and nanostructures formed at the air/water interface / Hong-Guo Liu and Jingcheng Hao -- ch. 4. Polyoxometalate-based assembly / Dawei Fan and Jingcheng Hao -- ch. 5. Polymer brushes on surfaces / Feng Zhou and Bo Yu -- ch. 6. Proteins and amino acid-based assembly using layer-by-layer technique / Yongming Deng and Jingcheng Hao.