Matter, architecture hydrogen bond

Because of the vastness of the subject matter, we shall focus our attention on hydrogen bonding interactions between ions and on the possibilities and limitations of their use in the design and construction of molecular materials of desired architectures and/or destined to predetermined functions. Obviously, the crystal engineer (or supramolecular chemist) needs to know the nature of the forces s/he is planning to master, since molecular and ionic crystals, even if constructed with similar building blocks, differ substantially in chemical and physical properties (solubility, melting points, conductivity, mechanical robustness, etc.). 

Sason I want to teach about the architecture of matter. Chemical bonds create 3D molecules with strong forces holding the atoms together. I also want to teach about the hydrogen bond... 

Sason Sure. Electronegativity and polarity of bonds provide me with an opportunity to talk about the hydrogen bond and its role in the architecture of the chemical matter water, ice, proteins (silk, hair, nails, muscles, tendons), the double helix, etc. This is the point where I turn back to the genetic code and show that it is based... 

Palma, M. Levin, J. Debever, O. Geerts, Y Lehmann, M. Samori, P. Self-assembly of hydrogen-bond assisted supramolecular azatriphenylene architectures. Soft Matter 2(Kf8, 4, 303-310. 

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