Molecules at work : selfassembly, nanomaterials, molecular machinery: Fid-Bau Portal

Molecules at work : selfassembly, nanomaterials, molecular machinery

Pignataro, Bruno

Front Matter -- Self Assembly. Yoctoliter-Sized Vessels as Potential Biological Models / Sheshanath V Bhosale, Bradley E Wilman, Steven J Langford -- Switchable Host₆Guest Interactions of Supramolecular Rings and Cages / Guido H Clever -- NanoMaterials. Tailored Graphene-Type Molecules by Chemical Synthesis / Milan Kivala, Xinliang Feng -- Analyzing the Surface Area Properties of Microporous Materials / Abbie Trewin -- Nanostructured Materials Based on Core-Substituted Naphthalene Diimides / Sheshanath V Bhosale, Bradley E Wilman, Steven J Langford -- Metal Phosphides: From Chemist's Oddities to Designed Functional Materials / Sophie Carenco, Matthieu Demange, Čdric Boissïre, Cľment Sanchez, Nicolas M̌zailles -- ₃Artificial Supermolecule₄: Progress in the Study of II₆V Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals / Shiding Miao, Alexander Eychmuller, Stephen G Hickey -- Luminescent Dendrimers / Giacomo Bergamini -- Fabrication of Ultramicroporous Silica Membranes for Pervaporation and Gas Separation / Vittorio Boffa -- New Directions in the Fight against Cancer: From Metal Complexes to Nanostructured Materials / Santiago G̤mez-Ruiz -- Molecular Machinery. Molecular Rotors: Imaging Intracellular Viscosity / Marina K Kuimova -- Surface-Functionalized Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystals in Functional Nanocomposite Materials for Microfabrication / Chiara Ingrosso, Marinella Striccoli, Angela Agostiano, Maria Lucia Curri -- Fluorescence Sensing of Temperature and Oxygen with Fullerenes / M̀rio N Berberan-Santos, Carlos Baleiẑo -- Going beyond Glucose Sensing with Boronic Acid Receptors / Alexander Schiller -- Design of Novel Iridium Complexes to Obtain Stable and Efficient Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells / Rub̌n D Costa -- Photochemically Driven Molecular Devices and Machines / Serena Silvi -- Index.

Providing a comprehensive overview of current developments in innovative materials science and related topics, this book covers the core areas of materials science, inorganic, organic and solid state chemistry. The authors are among the rising stars in European chemistry, a selection of participants in the 2010 European Young Chemists Award competition, and their contributions deal with most of the frontier issues in materials and nanoscience as well as chemistry. They give an account of the latest research results, as well as the outlook for the future