Self-assembly, which makes use of molecules rather than atomic units, offers a bottom-up
approach to the construction of new materials on multiple length scales.(1-9) By precisely …

The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

Supramolecular materials, dynamic materials by nature, are defined as materials whose
components are bridged via reversible connections and undergo spontaneous and …

Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

With the growing interest in renewable energy and global warming, it is important to
minimize the usage of hazardous chemicals in both academic and industrial research …

Although known for millennia, it is only recently that mechanochemistry has received serious
attention by chemists. Indeed, during the past 15 years an extraordinary number of reports …

Chemical composition and architecture are two key factors that control the physical and
material properties of polymers. Some of the more unusual and intriguing polymer …

In the past three decades, chemistry has changed from focusing on a single molecule to
molecular assemblies. Through the discovery of macrocycles, the chemistry of molecular …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …