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This book describes "supramolecular chemistry" from its basic concepts to the latest developments. It begins by treating molecular recognition chemistry including crown ethers, cyclodextrines, and calixarenes. Molecules with fascination shapes and functions such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, rotaxane, and catenane, and molecular assemblies such as bilayers and LB films are also explained. Thereafter applications of supermolecules to nanotechnology are introduced with many examples of molecular devices. The last part of the book describes biological supermolecules and their mimics, including ion channels, signal transduction, photosynthetic machines, natural and artificial enzymes, catalytic antibodies, and ribozymes.

1 Overview - What is Supramolecular Chemistry?

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References

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2 The Chemistry of Molecular Recognition - Host Molecules and Guest Molecules

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2.1 Molecular Recognition as the Basis for Supramolecular Chemistry

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2.2 Molecular Interactions in Molecular Recognition

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2.3 Crown Ethers and Related Hosts - The First Class of Artificial Host

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2.4 Signal Input/Output in Crown Ether Systems

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2.5 Chiral Recognition by Crown Ethers

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2.6 Macrocyclic Polyamines - Nitrogen-Based Cyclic Hosts

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2.7 Cyclodextrin - A Naturally Occurring Cyclic Host

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2.8 Calixarene - A Versatile Host

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2.9 Other Host Molecules - Building Three-Dimensional Cavities

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2.10 Endoreceptors and Exoreceptors

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2.11 Molecular Recognition at Interfaces - The Key to Understanding Biological Recognition

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2.12 Various Designs of Molecular Recognition Sites at Interfaces

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References

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3 Controlling Supramolecular Topology - The Art of Building Supermolecules

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3.1 Fullerenes - Carbon Soccer Balls

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3.2 Carbon Nanotubes - The Smallest Tubular Molecules

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3.3 Dendrimers - Molecular Trees

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3.4 Rotaxanes - Threading Molecular Rings

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3.5 Catenanes and Molecular Capsules - Complex Molecular Associations

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References

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4 Molecular Self-Assembly - How to Build the Large Supermolecules

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4.1 Programmed Supramolecular Assembly

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4.2 Supramolecular Crystals

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4.3 Macroscopic Models of Supramolecular Assembly

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4.4 Supermolecular Assembly through Fuzzy Interactions

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4.5 Structures and Formation Mechanisms of Cell Membranes

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4.6 Micelles - Dynamic Supramolecular Assemblies

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4.7 Liposomes, Vesicles, and Cast Films - Supramolecular Assembly Based on Lipid Bilayers

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4.8 Monolayers and LB Films - Controllable Layered Assembly

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4.9 Self-Assembled Monolayers - Monolayers Strongly Bound to Surfaces

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4.10 Alternate Layer-by-Layer Assembly - Supramolecular Architecture Obtained with Beakers and Tweezers

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4.11 Hierarchical Higher Organization - From Bilayers to Fibers and Rods

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4.12 Artificial Molecular Patterns - Artificially Designed Molecular Arrangement

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4.13 Artificial Arrangement of Molecules in a Plane - Two-Dimensional Molecular Patterning

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References

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5 Applications of Supermolecules - Molecular Devices and Nanotechnology

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5.1 What is a Molecular Device?

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5.2 Reading Signals from Molecular Device

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5.3 Molecular Electronic Devices - Controlling Electricity Using Supermolecules

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5.4 Molecular Photonic Devices - Controlling Light with Supermolecules

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5.5 Molecular Computers - Supermolecules that can Think and Calculate

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5.6 Molecular Machines - Supermolecules that can Catch Objects, Move and Rotate

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5.7 Molecular Devices with Directional Functionality - Supermolecules that Transmit Signals in a Desired Direction

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5.8 Supramolecular Chemistry & Nanotechnology toward Future

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References

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6 Biological Supermolecules - Learning from Nature

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6.1 Supramolecular Systems Seen in the Biological World

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6.2 Controlling Material Transport - Ion Channels

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6.3 Information Conversion and Amplification - Signal Transduction

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6.4 Energy Conversion - Photosynthesis

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6.5 Material Conversion - Natural and Artificial Enzymes

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6.6 Cleaving Genes - Restriction Enzymes

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6.7 Tailor-Made Enzymes - Catalytic Antibodies

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6.8 Key to the Origin of Life - Ribozymes

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6.9 Combinatorial Chemistry and Evolutionary Molecular Engineering

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References

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Subject Index

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