Supramolecular science

In recent years, with increasing recognition of the roles played by specific noncovalent interactions in biological systems and chemical processes, the science of noncovalent assemblies- often called supramolecular science- has aroused considerable interest [76], The remaining part of this article reviews some important studies made on rotaxane and catenane, two classic types of supramolecular structure. 

V. Balzani, A. Credi, M. Venturi, Molecular-Level Devices", in Supramolecular Science Where It Is and Where It Is Going (Eds. R. Ungaro, E. Dalcanale), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1999, pp. 1-22. 

As Figure 3 illustrates, redox active guests introduce PET processes almost by definition and luminescent on-off switching is the norm. However, the inhibitions outlined in Section 5 have not prevented the designers of switchable luminescent devices from exploring systems which bind redox active guests. The combined forces of inorganic coordination chemistry and supramolecular science have proved to be too attractive in many of these instances. It is to be hoped that some of this effort will filter across to the examination of more on-off systems like 17 and 18. 

The goal in Volume 4 of Advances in Supramolecular Chemistry remains the same as for previous volumes to present a broad range of supramolecular science recorded by an international panel of distinguished researchers. Contributions in this volume span the scientific range from electronic device development to novel synthetic receptor molecules to biomimetic ion channels. 

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Bemy, F., Muzet, N., Troxler, L., Wipff, G. (1999) Simulations of liquid-liquid interfaces A key border in Supramolecular Chemistry, in Ungaro, R., Dalcanale, E. (eds.), Supramolecular Science where it is and where it is going, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 95-125 and references cited therein. 

More detailed information about the characterization of double rosette assemblies can be found in D. N. Reinhoudt, P. Timmerman, F. Cardullo, and M. Crego-Calama, in Supramolecular Science Where it is and Where it is Going, edited by R. Ungaro and E. Dalcanale (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1999), pp. 181-195. 

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For earlier reviews on inherently chiral calixarenes and related compounds see (a) Bohmer, V. Kraft, D. Tabatabai, M. J. Incl. Phenom. Mol. Recogn. 1994,19,17-39. (b) Otsuka, H. Shinkai, S. Supramolecular Science 1996,3,189-205. 

Lehn J-M (1999) Supramolecular science where it is and where it is going. Kluwer, Dordrecht... 

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