Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry clearly outlines the fundamentals that underlie supramolecular chemistry and nanochemistry and takes an umbrella view of the whole area.
Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry traces the fascinating modern practice of the chemistry of the non-covalent bond from its fundamental origins through to it expression in the emergence of nanochemistry.
Contents
1. Introduction
- What is supramolecular chemistry?
- Selectivity.
- Supramolecular interactions.
- Supramolecular design.
2. Solution host–guest chemistry
- Introduction: guests in solution.
- Macrocyclic versus acyclic hosts.
- Cation binding.
- Anion binding.
- Metal-containing receptors.
- Simultaneous cation and anion receptors.
- Neutral-molecule binding.
- Supramolecular catalysis and enzyme mimics.
3. Self-assembly
- Introduction.
- Biological self-assembly.
- Ladders, polygons and helices .
- Rotaxanes, catenanes and knots.
- Self-assembling capsules.
4. Solid-state supramolecular chemistry
- Introduction.
- Zeolites.
- Clathrates.
- Clathrate hydrates.
- Crystal engineering.
- Coordination polymers.
5. Nanochemistry
- Introduction.
- Nanomanipulation.
- Molecular devices.
- Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs).
- Soft lithography.
- Nanoparticles.
- Fullerenes and nanotubes.
- Dendrimers.
- Fibres, gels and polymers.
- Nanobiology and biomimetic chemistry.
Index
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