Functional groups, effect supramolecular structures

Electrodes represent an unrivaled platform onto which interfacial supramolecular structures can be assembled. They can be fully characterized before assembly and offer a convenient means to both probe and control the properties of the film. The interest in this area has increased dramatically in recent years because adsorbed monolayers enable both the nature of the chemical functional groups and their topology to be controlled. This molecular-level control allows the effects of both chemical and geometric properties on electron transfer rates to be explored. Moreover, these assemblies underpin technologies ranging from electrocatalysis to redox-switchable non-linear optical materials. 

Due to the prevalence of vicinal diol and aminoalcohol functionalities in biomolecules, the gauche effect is likely to contribute to a variety of biochemical properties and phenomena. Stability of supramolecular structures formed by fats and hpids depends on the energy cost (or lack thereof) of projecting multiple OR groups to the desired direction. 

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