Current Challenges on Large Supramolecular Assemblies
By: edited by George Tsoucaris
Series: NATO Science Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 519; NATO Science Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 519
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789401062244; 9789401152846
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Physical organic chemistry; Chemistry; Crystallography
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Athens, Greece, 31 October-5 November 1997
Description: There have been several recent breakthroughs in the supramolecular domain: larger molecular components are being synthesised; 2D layers involving multiple recognition sites; crystals with intricate building blocks are being designed; more components are being used in assembly and self-assembly `algorithms' (some having molecular weights as high as 15,000); and there is an increasing versatility in applications. The difficulty in characterising and obtaining structural information on such large assemblies has increased to such a level that no single technique is now adequate. Various methods have now been upgraded and are being combined: X-ray diffraction (structures with hundreds of independent atoms), NMR, AFM/STM (manipulation of a single molecule), FAB/MS, time-resolved techniques up to the picosecond range, new computational approaches, and others. The present book sheds light on the most recent developments in both the synthesis of novel assemblies and on current methods for their characterisation.
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