Faraday Discussions documents a long-established series of Faraday Discussion meetings which provide a unique international forum for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The papers presented are published in the Faraday Discussion volume together with a record of the discussion contributions made at the meeting. Faraday Discussions therefore provide an important record of current international knowledge and views in the field concerned. The latest (2012) impact factor of Faraday Discussions is 3.82.

• Challenges in soft nanotechnologyChemo and phototactic nano/microbotsThe efficiency of encapsulation within surface rehydrated polymersomesMolecular control of ionic conduction in polymer nanoporesNanomechanics of organic/inorganic interfaces: a theoretical insightGeneral discussionSolid state nanofibers based on self-assemblies: from cleaving from self-assemblies to multilevel hierarchical constructsNanoparticles at electrified liquid---liquid interfaces: new options for electro-opticsFree-standing porous supramolecular assemblies of nanoparticles made using a double-templating strategyPolymer crystallization under nano-confinement of droplets studied by molecular simulationsNanostructured wrinkled surfaces for templating bionanoparticles—controlling and quantifying the degree of orderSilica nano-particle super-hydrophobic surfaces: the effects of surface morphology and trapped air pockets on hydrodynamic drainage forcesGeneral discussionCounterion-activated polyions as soft sensing systems in lipid bilayer membranes: from cell-penetrating peptides to DNARecognition of sequence-information in synthetic copolymer chains by a conformationally constrained tweezer moleculeDNA self-assembly: from 2D to 3DSelf-assembly of liquid crystal block copolymer PEG-b-smectic polymer in pure state and in dilute aqueous solutionA novel self-healing supramolecular polymer systemGeneral discussionQuantitative approaches to defining normal and aberrant protein homeostasisEvolving nanomaterials using enzyme-driven dynamic peptide libraries (eDPL)Rational design of peptide-based building blocks for nanoscience and synthetic biologyThe influence of viscosity on the functioning of molecular motorsTemplate sol–gel synthesis of mesostructured silica composites using metal complexes bearing amphiphilic side chains: immobilization of a polymeric Pt complex formed by a metallophilic interactionSelf-assembled interpenetrating networks by orthogonal self assembly of surfactants and hydrogelatorsGeneral discussionSoft nanotechnology: ‘‘structure’’ vs. ‘‘function’’