Supramolecular Chemistry

Self-assembly in chemical systems; hydrogen bonding in supermolecular functions; new shapes for selective molecular recognition from calixarenes; calixarenes, molecular platforms for supermolecular structures; molecules with large cavities; selective complexation of inorganic and organic guests; multi-electron redox activity of supermolecular coordination compounds containing metalocyclam and ferrocene fragments; new approaches to anion coordination chemistry; acyclic quarternary polybipyridinium receptors designed to bind anionic guest species; supramolecular cyclophane chemistry; new synthetic receptors for complexation and catalysis; unimolecular micelles; Ru(II) and/or Os(II) trimetallic complexes of tris(bipyridine) bridging ligands; absorption spectra - luminescence properties, electrochemical behaviour and intercomponent energy transfer; kinetic and spectroscopic investigation of the influence of conformation and orbital-symmetry on long-range intramolecular donor-acceptor interaction; supramolecular arrays for the efficient conversion of light into chemical energy in the solid state; into the third dimension of coordination chemistry - towards starburst arrays; antenna effects and photoinduced electron transfer in polynuclear metal complexes; long-range electron and energy transfer in molecular assemblies; synthetic molecular knots; proton transfer photoreactions in supramolecular systems; the optimization of photochemical energy conversion; synthetic supramolecular devices vis-a-vis photosynthesis; intramolecular transfer in donor acceptor systems linked by a flexible chain; attempts to mimic biomembrane processes - function of phospholipase A 2 at lipid monolayers; photochemistry of crown ether styryl dyes; towards synthetic enzymes based on porphyrins and steroids; photophysical properties of thionine and methylene blue when bound to DNA, polynucleotides or nucleotides; structure and binding for cyclophane-arene complexes in water from Monte Carlo simulations; photoinduced electron transfer between intercalated moleculed - using polynucleotides to self-assemble donor-acceptor systems; synthesis and properties of heterometal cubane-type clusters in ferrodoxins; binding and catalysis in water; ferrocene as the central unit in novel, redox-sensitive ligands, monomers and receptors.