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This website presents various works dealing with the self-assembly of small amphiphilic saccharidic molecules. Industrially produced molecules such as sucrose esters self-assemble into nanometric micelles, while sugar amides such as alkylaldonamides can self-assemble into long micrometric and even millimeter-sized fibers. The aim of this website is to show the diversity of self-assembling structures, preparation methods and applications for these molecules. These compounds, based on bricks of natural origin linked together by ester and amide bonds, are designed to be biocompatible and easily degradable.