This second, comprehensive edition of the pioneering book in this field has been completely revised and extended, now stretching to two volumes. The result is a comprehensive summary of layer-by-layer assembled, truly hybrid nanomaterials and thin films, covering organic, inorganic, colloidal, macromolecular and biological components, plus the assembly of nanoscale films derived from them on surfaces. Praise for the first edition: "... highly recommended to anyone interested in the field... and to scientists and researchers active in materials development..." ?Polymer News With contributions by: Rigoberto Advincula Mitsuru Akashi Jun-ichi Anzai Katsuhiko Ariga Merlin Bruening Ernesto J. Calvo Frank Caruso Robert Cohen Cornelia Cramer-Kellers Lars Dähne Gero Decher Bruno De Geest Stefaan de Smedt Andreas Fery Karine Glinel Jaime Grunlan Lara Halaoui Paula Hammond Christiane A. Helm Randy Heflin Jurriaan Huskens Chaoyang Jiang Alain M. Jonas Regine von Klitzing Nicholas Kotov Illsoon Lee Junbai Li Yuri Lvov David M. Lynn Marc Michel Helmuth Möhwald Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior Catherine Picart David Reinhoudt Michael Rubner Mikko Salomaki Jouko Kankare Joseph B. Schlenoff Monika Schönhoff Dmitry Shchukin Jiacong Shen André G. Skirtach Svetlana Sukhishvili Gleb Sukhorukov Junqi Sun Bernd Tieke Dieter Trau Vladimir Tsukruk Dmitry V. Volodkin Lars Wagberg Françoise Winnik Xi ZhangÂ