Physical Supramolecular Chemistry

by L. Echegoyen (Editor), A.E. Kaifer (Editor)

Overview

The field of Supramolecular chemistry has reached a high level of sophistication and maturity, especially in the last 5-10 years. The sophistication is primarily evident in the highly complex chemical architectures that have been synthesized to accomplish specific functions such as selective binding and transport of substrates, in catalysis, and for the formation of assemblies, to name just a few of the applications. Many other molecular structures have been synthesized to form unusual materials with interesting and/or useful properties. From this point of view, the field is mature, as would have been anticipated from its historical development, starting in 1967 with Pedersen and the crown ethers. Since that time, the field has evolved mainly from a synthetic organic perspective. There are notable exceptions to this statement, but in general it holds true that the major advances were made in the laboratories of organic chemists with considerable topological insight. by The design and synthesis of the molecules was also partly guided physical insight provided by measurements and calculations done by physical chemists. As a consequence, many chemical systems were synthesized in relatively small amounts to afford their full characterization but not in large enough quantities to fully explore their intended properties or structures. Thus in the decades of the 70's and 80's physical chemists played an important role in guiding the future directions in the field, providing needed structural and energetic information and providing improved experimental designs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401066280
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/20/2011
Series:	Nato Science Series C: , #485
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Supramolecular Structures for Switching and Sensing; D.N. Reinhoudt, et al. An Incremental Empirical Approach to Non-Covalent Interactions in and with DNA; H.-J. Schneider, J. Sartorius. Langmuir-Blodgett Supramolecular Assemblies: Incorporating Inorganic Extended Lattice Structures; C.T. Seip, et al. Cation Transport Across Bilayer Membranes: Techniques and Mechanisms; T.M. Fyles. Laser Studies of Molecules at Liquid Interfaces by Second Harmonic and Sum-Frequency Generation; E. Borguet, et al. Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Alkali Cations by Calix[4]Crown Ionophores: Conformation and Solvent Dependent Na+/Cs+ Binding Selectivity. A MD FEP Study in Pure Chloroform and MD Simulations at the Water/Chloroform Interface; M. Lauterbach, G. Wipff. Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Preliminary Analysis of a Lipid Bilayer Near the Liquid-Crystalline Phase; M.P. Repasky, et al. Molecular Recognition of Carbohydrates: Interaction of Diols with Acetate Ion; W.L. Jorgensen, et al. Molecular Models by Laser Stereolithography; C.A. Venanzi, et al. Phohemical and Electrochemical Probes of Structure in Self-Assembled Monolayers; M.A. Fox, et al. Supramolecular Phohemistry: Recent Advances; V. Balzani, et al. Photoactive Cyclophanes: Competing with Rapid Charge Recombination; A.C. Benniston, A. Harriman. Photophysical Properties of Supramolecular Assemblies in Organized Films; R.M. Leblanc. Conductance Quantization in Nanowires formed on Macroscopic Contacts: From Table-Top to Piezodisplacement Controlled Experiments; N. García, et al. Host-Guest Molecular Recognition without Solvents; D.V. Dearden. Evaluation of Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in Molecular Recognition by Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry; J.S. Brodbelt.Diffraction Studies of Supramolecular Compounds; J.L. Atwood. Cyclodextrins: Structures, Functions, Hydrogen Bonding; W. Saenger. Diffraction, Spectral, and Thermal Analysis of Mixed Crystalline Phases: Mechanisms of Solid-to-Solid Organic Reactions; M.A. García-Garibay, et al. Magnetic, Electrical, and Spectroscopic Studies of Alkalides and Electrides; J.L. Dye. Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Redox Active Self-Assembling Monolayers; M. Maskus, et al. Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Thin Organized Molecular Systems; P. Delhaes. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability of Polynuclear Complexes; A.F. Williams, et al. Dynamics of Supramolecular Assemblies in Solution and Solid-State; Z. Chen, et al. The Design of Metal Ion Selectivity into Ligands and Some Practical Applications; X.X. Zhang, et al.Anion Sensing Based on the Metal-Ligand Interaction; L. Fabbrizzi, et al.Noble Gas Atoms Inside Fullerenes; M. Saunders, et al. Author Index. Subject Index.