SOFT MATTER GRADIENT SURFACES -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Gradient Libraries: Harnessing a Ubiquitous Phenomenon to Accelerate Experimentation -- 2 Classification of Key Attributes of Soft Material Gradients -- 3 Discovery and Optimization of Sensing Materials Using Discrete and Gradient Arrays -- 4 Colliding Self-Assembly Waves in Organosilane Monolayers -- 5 Orientational Anchoring of Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Presenting Continuous Gradients in Composition -- 6 Continuous Infusion Microchannel Approach to Generate Composition Gradients from Viscous Polymer Solutions -- 7 Gradient Assembly of Complex Surfaces for Sensing, Fabrication, and High Throughput Analysis -- 8 Making Gradient Patterns by Electron-Beam Chemical Lithography with Monomolecular Resists -- 9 Electrochemical Mapping for Polymer Chemical and Physical Gradients -- 10 Directed Assembly of Block Copolymer Films: Effects of Rough Substrates and Thermal Fields -- 11 Hydrogel Gradients by Self-Initiated Photografting and Photopolymerization: Preparation, Characterization, and Protein Interactions -- 12 Polymer Gradients: Responsive Grafted Layers -- 13 Bioactive Self-Assembled Monolayer Gradients -- 14 Morphology Gradients on Different Size Scales and Their Application in Biological Studies -- 15 Molecularly Defined Peptide Spacing Gradients for Cell Guidance -- 16 Motion of Drops on Gradient Surfaces -- Index.