Molecular Engineering for Advanced Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. The Self-Assembly of Redox-Active and Photo-Active Catenanes and Rotaxanes

   • Jon A. Preece, J. Fraser Stoddart

   Pages 1-28

3. Advantages of the Rotaxane Framework for the Construction of Switchable Molecular Devices

   • Richard A. Bissell, Emilio Córdova, J. Fraser Stoddart, Angel E. Kaifer

   Pages 29-40

4. The Polyrotaxane Architecture. A New Approach to Molecular Engineering

   • Harry W. Gibson, Shu Liu, Ya Xi Shen, Mukesh Bheda, Sang-Hun Lee, Feng Wang

   Pages 41-58

5. “Smart” Cascade Macromolecules

   • G. R. Newkome, G. R. Baker

   Pages 59-75

6. Tailoring Cyclodextrins for the Construction of Large Scale Molecular Assemblies

   • A. W. Coleman, M. Munoz, M. Eddaoudi, H. Parrot-Lopez, P. Prognon, J.-M. Valleton et al.

   Pages 77-97

7. Cation and Anion Coordination Chemistry of Redox Active Calixarene Macrocyclic Ligand Systems

   • Paul D. Beer

   Pages 99-118

8. Functionalization and Application of Calixarenes

   • W. Verboom, R. H. Vreekamp, D. M. Rudkevich, D. N. Reinhoudt

   Pages 119-145

9. Design Principles for Engineering Conducting Discotic Liquid Crystals

   • N. Boden, R. J. Bushby, J. Clements, R. Luo, K. J. Donovan

   Pages 147-158

10. Organic Synthesis and Materials Science

    • M. Baumgarten, U. Bunz, U. Scherf, K. Müllen

    Pages 159-187

11. New Aspects of Heterocyclic Annulene Chemistry

    • M. P. Cava, Z. Hu

    Pages 189-197

12. Electrochemical Properties of Fullerenes and Fulerene Derivatives: A Possible Route to Endohedral Complexes

    • Luis Echegoyen, Francisco Arias, Qingshan Xie

    Pages 199-213

13. Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Bis-Porphyrin-Stoppered [2]-Rotaxanes

    • J.-C. Chambron, S. Chardon-Noblat, A. Harriman, V. Heitz, J.-P. Sauvage

    Pages 215-234

14. New Materials Based on Highly-Functionalised Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives

    • M. R. Bryce, A. S. Batsanov, W. Devonport, J. N. Heaton, J. A. K. Howard, G. J. Marshallsay et al.

    Pages 235-250

15. Design, Synthesis and Properties of Exotic Tetrathiafulvalenes

    • A. Robert, D. Lorcy

    Pages 251-275

16. Novel TTF Derivatives as Components for Conducting CT Complexes

    • J. Y. Becker, E. Aqad, J. Bernstein, A. Ellern, V. Khodorkovsky, T. Regev et al.

    Pages 277-293

17. Tetrathiafulvalenes with Extended Conjugation

    • E. Fanghänel, N. Beye, R. Wegner, J. Bierwisch, R. Herrmann, L. Van Hinh et al.

    Pages 295-309

18. Giant Analogues of Tetrathiafulvalene : Outcome and Prospect

    • A. Gorgues, M. Jubault, A. Belyasmine, M. Salle, P. Frere, V. Morisson et al.

    Pages 311-323

19. Unsymmetrically-Substituted Tetrathiafulvalenes (TTF) as Key Intermediates in the Preparation of Functionalized TTF Derivatives

    • M. Fourmigue, A. Dolbecq, F. C. Krebs, J. Larsen

    Pages 325-332

20. From Molecular Structures to Solid State Properties in π Charge Transfer Salts

    • P. Delhaes

    Pages 333-348

An important aspect of molecular engineering is the `property directed' synthesis of large molecules and molecular assemblies. Synthetic expertise has advanced to a state which allows the assembly of supramolecules containing thousands of atoms using a `construction kit' of molecular building blocks. Expansion in the field is driven by the appearance of new building blocks and by an improved understanding of the rules for joining them in the design of nanometer-sized devices.
Another aspect is the transition from supramolecules to materials. At present no single molecule (however large) has been demonstrated to function as a device, but this appears to be only a matter of time. In all of this research, which has a strongly multidisciplinary character, both existing and yet to be developed analytical techniques are and will remain indispensable.
All this and more is discussed in Molecular Engineering for Advanced Materials, which provides a masterly and up to date summary of one of the most challenging research fields to emerge in recent time.

• Metall
• advanced materials
• chemistry
• crystal
• fullerenes
• liquid
• liquid crystals
• self-assembly

• Department of Chemistry, University of Odense, Odense M, Denmark

  Jan Becher

• CISMI, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Kjeld Schaumburg

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