chapter 1 Molecular Architectures at Solid�Liquid Interfaces Studied by Surface Forces Measurement / chapter 2 Adhesion on the Nanoscale / chapter 3 Langmuir Monolayers: Fundamentals and Relevance to Nanotechnology / chapter 4 Supramolecular Organic Layer Engineering for Industrial Nanotechnology / chapter 5 Mono- and Multilayers of Spherical Polymer Particles Prepared by Langmuir�Blodgett and Self-Assembly Techniques / chapter 6 Studies of Wetting and Capillary Phenomena at Nanometer Scale with Scanning Polarization Force Microscopy / chapter 7 Nanometric Solid Deformation of Soft Materials in Capillary Phenomena / chapter 8 Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Superlattices: Syntheses and Collective Physical Properties / chapter 9 Molecular Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology with Two-Dimensional Protein Crystals (S-Layers) / chapter 10 DNA as a Material for Nanobiotechnology / chapter 11 Self-Assembled DNA/Polymer Complexes / chapter 12 Supramolecular Assemblies Made of Biological Macromolecules / chapter 13 Reversed Micelles as Nanometer-Size Solvent Media / chapter 14 Engineering of Core-Shell Particles and Hollow Capsules / chapter 15 Electro-Transport in Hydrophilic Nanostructured Materials / chapter 16 Electrolytes in Nanostructures / chapter 17 Polymer�Clay Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Properties