Self sorting, definition

With proper design and implementation, however, it is possible to construct a self-sorting system whose behavior is different from its components [33c]. For example, consider the simple system comprising two hosts (A and B) and two guests (M and N) that can form four possible host-guest complexes (AM, AN, BM, and BN). We fix the total concentrations of hosts A and B ([A J and [B J) at 1 mM and choose the four equilibrium constants such that host A (KT-fold) and host B (10-fold) both prefer guest M (Scheme 4.7). The various mole fraction definitions (Scheme 4.7c) are used to construct a plot (Scheme 4.7d) of the composition of the mixture as a function of total guest concentration ([M J = [Nj J). When [AjJ = [Bj J > = [Nj j], complexes AM and BN dominate because... 

Since the original definition of supramolecular chemistry was coined by Lehn several corollaries have emerged. One that has risen to great importance is the idea of a dynamic combinatorial library of molecular components that self-sort to generate supramolecules with reactive termini which are then predisposed to form covalent bonds. The effects of weak interactions together with geometric and steric constraints lead to the formation of far fewer products than would be predicted by pure statistics. This development will be discussed in greater detail later. 

Therefore, it became clear that those methods are reliable tools to detect, to analyze and to optimize all sorts of materials, and in many cases they already turn out to be some sort of cheap, fast and reliable alternative to standard experimental methods in materials science. But still, a lot of work is needed to be done in gaining a more profound experience in what could be called materials engineering , which means systematical understanding and development of new nanoscaled materials with definite properties, and in looking for the mechanism of the so called self-assembling of boron- and carbon-based materials to propose, predict and create nanodevices towards manufacturing of useful solids [1]. 

Binary mixtures of water with water-miscible solvents show a balance between the self-association and the mutual association of the components. This aspect has been studied by the use of many methods, but the most definite information is given by the preferential solvation parameter 5w(s>=. w(S) — w, where jcw(S) is the local mole fraction of W around S. Obviously, what is excess in one component must be deficiency in the other, so that 5w(S) = — S(S) and 5w(W> = —5s(w>. Also, 5w(S)( w = 0) = 0=5w(s)(.xw = 1) and necessarily also 5w(s) <. xw The experimental errors in the data required for the calculation of the preferential solvation parameters lead to values 5w(s)l < 0.010 to be insignificant, but larger values mean that water is preferred around S rather than S molecules, i. e., self-associated S. Similarly, Sw(w) > 0.010 means that self-association of water is preferred over mutual association with the co-solvent S. Another manner of presenting this information is in terms of the solvent sorting parameter Pss. ... 

Though fo is normally determined by mechanical measurements, it is evident from its definition that it is related in a simple manner to translatory diffusion, and in principle it can be determined from self-diffusion measurements in a polymer with sufficiently low molecular weight to avoid entanglements. Some data of this sort have been obtained from diffusion 6f radioactively tagged molecules - and spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, as well as from diffusion of deuterated molecules whose concentration can be followed by infrared absorption. They yield the product Pfo. since the frictional resistance for the entire molecule is measured. 

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