From non-covalent assemblies to molecular machines
By: edited by Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Pierre Gaspard
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9783527322770
Subjects: Macromolecules
Description: Based on the Solvay conference, which gathers the leading scientists in the field, this monograph collects review articles from the six topics of the conference, while also including comments, discussions and debates obtained during the conference.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Noncovalent Assemblies: Design and Synthesis. Introduction and Definition of Noncovalent Assemblies / Julius Rebek; title: Noncovalent Assemblies: Design and Synthesis / Makoto Fujita, Takashi Murase; title: Discussion 1.A / Julius Rebek; title: Noncovalent Synthesis of Molecular Receptors / David N Reinhoudt; title: Cucurbiturils: New Players in Noncovalent Assembly / Kimoon Kim; title: Comment on the Possible Presence of Bubbles Inside Self-Assembled Molecular Cages / Josef Michl; title: Discussion 1.B / Julius Rebek; title: Template Synthesis of Catenanes and Rotaxanes. A Short History of the Mechanical Bond / John-Carl Olsen, Kirsten E Griffiths, J Fraser Stoddart; title: Discussion 2.A / Fritz Vogtle; title: Dynamic Combinatorial Approaches to Catenanes / Jeremy K M Sanders; title: Discussion 2.B / Fritz Vogtle; title: Molecular Machines Based on Catenanes and Rotaxanes. Molecular Machines Based on Rotaxanes and Catenanes / Vincenzo Balzani, Alberto Credi, Margherita Venturi; title: Discussion 3.A / David A Leigh; title: Rearrangement of a Surface-Deposited [2]Catenane by Coordination to Copper(I) at the Single-Molecule Level / Jean-Pierre Sauvage; title: A Toroidal Oxidation Catalyst / Alan E Rowan, Johannes A A W Elemans, Roeland J M Nolte; title: Discussion 3.B / David A Leigh; title: Molecular Machines Based on Non-Interlocking Molecules. Synthetic Molecular Machines Based on Non-Interlocked Systems: From Concept to Applications / Wesley R Browne, Dirk Pijper, Michael M Pollard, Ben L Feringa; title: Discussion 4.A / Takuzo Aida; title: Comment on Molecular Machines Based on Non-Interlocking Molecules (Other Than Catenanes and Rotaxanes) / Josef Michl; title: A Few Hints Towards Artificial Active Macroscopic Systems / Jacques Prost; title: Fluctuation Theorem, Nonequilibrium Work, and Molecular Machines / Pierre Gaspard; title: Discussion 4.B / Takuzo Aida; title: Towards Molecular Logics and Artificial Photosynthesis. Chairman's Comments / A Prasanna de Silva; title: Towards Molecular Logic and Artificial Photosynthesis / Devens Gust, Thomas A Moore, Ana L Moore; title: Discussion 5.A / A Prasanna de Silva; title: Artificial Photosynthesis: Oxygen Evolution from Photochemical Water Splitting / Vincenzo Balzani; title: Potential Applications of Molecular Logic / Alberto Credi; title: Discussion 5.B / A Prasanna de Silva; title: From Single Molecules to Practical Devices. From Single Molecules to Practical Devices / Jean-Pierre Launay; title: Discussion 6.A / Enrico Dalcanale; title: A Spring-Loaded Device / Dariush Ajami, Julius Rebek; title: From Electrochemically-Driven Conformational Polymeric States to Macroscopic Sensing and Tactile Muscles / Toribio F Otero; title: Controlling Self-Assembly in Space and Time / Ben L Feringa; title: Discussion 6.B / Enrico Dalcanale.