Self-organisation processes in the material chemistry

The review considers conservative and dissipative self-organisation processes in the physicochemical systems whose evolution is related to the formation of diverse chemically complex products including functional ceramics, supramolecular compounds, nanocomposites and fractal, template and epitaxial structures. It is demonstrated that the use of nonlinear dynamics approaches facilitates the optimal organisation of the reaction zone during the synthesis of materials under nonequilibrium conditions, and biomimetism and biomineralisation processes open up new prospects for the design of materials.