Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry (eBook)

Jonathan? W. Steed, Department of Chemistry, Durham University, UK. David R. Turner, Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia. Karl J. Wallace, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA.

Preface.

About the authors.

1 Introduction.

1.1 What is supramolecular chemistry?

1.2 Selectivity.

1.3 Supramolecular interactions.

1.4 Supramolecular design.

References.

Suggested further reading.

2 Solution host-guest chemistry.

2.1 Introduction: guests in solution.

2.2 Macrocyclic versus acyclic hosts.

2.3 Cation binding.

2.4 Anion binding.

2.5 Metal-containing receptors.

2.6 Simultaneous cation and anion receptors.

2.7 Neutral-molecule binding.

2.8 Supramolecular catalysis and enzyme mimics.

References.

3 Self-assembly.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Biological self-assembly.

3.3 Ladders, polygons and helices .

3.4 Rotaxanes, catenanes and knots.

3.5 Self-assembling capsules.

References.

4 Solid-state supramolecular chemistry.

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Zeolites.

4.3 Clathrates.

4.4 Clathrate hydrates.

4.5 Crystal engineering.

4.6 Coordination polymers.

References.

5 Nanochemistry.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Nanomanipulation.

5.3 Molecular devices.

5.4 Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs).

5.5 Soft lithography.

5.6 Nanoparticles.

5.7 Fullerenes and nanotubes.

5.8 Dendrimers.

5.9 Fibres, gels and polymers.

5.10 Nanobiology and biomimetic chemistry.

References.

Index.

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