Coronas Ceresuela Joaquín Giménez Soro Raquel Arruebo Gordo Manuel Mallada Viana María Reyes Oriol Langa Luis Teodoro Sierra Tavieso Maria Teresa Piñol Lacambra Milagros Hueso Martos José Luis Urbiztondo Castro Miguel Ángel Sebastián Cabeza Victor Lobera González María Pilar Balas Nieto Francisco Martínez Martínez Gema 2013 A brief introduction to the subject As a continuation of the previous module, here the necessary basic chemistry concepts are introduced to make the molecular self-assembly and self-organisation processes understandable as they let students make practical use of this chemistry to the benefit of the production of structures of interest in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. A brief description of the contents of this subject includes: Nanomaterials, nanostructures and their production: nanoparticles, quantum points, nanotubes, nanothreads, nanosheets, nanocomposites, polymers, dendrimers and liposomes. Hierarchical self-assembly and molecular self-organisation: supramolecular nanostructures, growth by biochemical self-assembly, etc. Surface chirality. Nanostructure functionalization. Inorganic layers.   The theory classes are complemented by six practical sessions including:   1.- Nanotube synthesis 2.- Synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles in solution 3.- Growth of layers 4.- Assembly in nanostructure production 5.- Preparation of block co-polymer micelle aggregates 6.- Supramolecular Chemistry; self-assembled anisotropic stages: liquid crystals. GDOC