Tomorrow's chemistry today : concepts in nanoscience, organic materials and environmental chemistry

"Providing a glimpse into the future, the young scientists contributing here were considered to be the most important for tomorrow's chemistry and materials science. They present the state of the art and the perspectives in their particular fields of research, with topics ranging from new synthetic pathways and nanotechnology to green chemistry. Of interest to physical- and organic chemists, materials scientists and biochemists."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface

Author List

Member Societies

Part One Self-Organization, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

1 Subcomponent Self-Assembly as a Route to New Structures and MaterialsJonathan R. Nitschke

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Aqueous Cu(I)

1.3 Chirality

1.4 Construction

1.5 Sorting

1.6 Substitution/Reconfi guration

1.7 Conclusion and Outlook

1.8 Acknowledgments

2 Molecular Metal Oxides and Clusters as Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Architectures and Potential NanosystemsLeroy Cronin

2.1 Introduction

2.2 From POM Building Blocks to Nanoscale Superclusters

2.3 From Building Blocks to Functional POM Clusters

2.4 Bringing the Components Together - Towards Prototype Polyoxometalate-based Functional Nanosystems

2.5 Acknowledgments

3 Nanostructured Porous Materials: Building Matter from the Bottom UpJavier Garcia-Martinez

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Synthesis by Organic Molecule Templates

3.3 Synthesis by Molecular Self-Assembly: Liquid Crystals and Cooperative Assembly

3.4 Spatially Constrained Synthesis: Foams, Microemulsions, and Molds

3.5 Multiscale Self-Assembly

3.6 Biomimetic Synthesis: Toward a Multidisciplinary Approach

3.7 Acknowledgments

4 Strategies Toward Hierarchically Structured Optoelectronically Active PolymersEike Jahnke and Holger Frauenrath

4.1 Hierarchically Structured Organic Optoelectronic Materials via Self-Assembly

4.2 Toward Hierarchically Structured Conjugated Polymers via the Foldamer Approach

4.3 "Self-Assemble, then Polymerize" - A Complementary Approach and Its Requirements

4.4 Macromonomer Design and Preparation

4.5 Hierarchical Self-Organization in Organic Solvents

4.6 A General Model for the Hierarchical Self-Organization of Oligopeptide-Polymer Conjugates

4.7 Conversion to Conjugated Polymers by UV Irradiation

4.8 Conclusions and Perspectives

4.9 Acknowledgments

5 Mimicking Nature: Bio-inspired Models of Copper ProteinsIryna A. Koval and Patrick Gamez and Jan Reedijk

5.1 Environmental Pollution: How Can "Green" Chemistry Help?

5.2 Copper in Living Organisms

5.3 Catechol Oxidase: Structure and Function

5.4 Model Systems of Catechol Oxidase: Historic Overview

5.5 Our Research on Catechol Oxidase Models and Mechanistic Studies

5.6 Concluding Remarks

5.7 Acknowledgments

6 From the Past to the Future of RotaxanesAndreea R. Schmitzer

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Synthesis of Rotaxanes

6.3 Applications of Rotaxanes

6.4 Conclusion and Perspectives

7 Multiphoton Processes and Nonlinear Harmonic Generations in Lanthanide ComplexesGa-Lai Law

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Types of Nonlinear Processes

7.3 Selection Rules for Multiphoton Absorption

7.4 Multiphoton Absorption Induced Emission

7.5 Nonlinear Harmonic Generation

7.6 Conclusion and Future Perspectives

7.7 Acknowledgments

8 Light-emitting Organic Nanoaggregates from Functionalized para-QuaterphenylenesManuela Schiek

8.1 Introduction to para-Phenylene Organic Nanofibers

8.2 General Aspects of Nanofi ber Growth

8.3 Synthesis of Functionalized para-Quaterphenylenes

8.4 Variety of Organic Nanoaggregates from Functionalized para-Quaterphenylenes

8.5 Symmetrically Functionalized p-Quaterphenylenes

8.6 Differently Di-functionalized p-Quaterphenylenes

8.7 Monofunctionalized p-Quaterphenylenes

8.8 Tailoring Morphology: Nanoshaping

8.9 Tailoring Optical Pro

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