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Author Lehn, J.-M. (Jean-Marie)

Title Supramolecular chemistry : concepts and perspectives : a personal account built upon the George Fisher Baker Lectures in Chemistry at Cornell University, Lezioni Lincee Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Roma / Jean-Marie Lehn
Published Weinheim ; New York : VCH, [1995]
©1995

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Description x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 1. From Molecular to Supramolecular Chemistry -- 2. Molecular Recognition -- 3. Anion Coordination Chemistry and the Recognition of Anionic Substrates -- 4. Coreceptor Molecules and Multiple Recognition -- 5. Supramolecular Reactivity and Catalysis -- 6. Transport Processes and Carrier Design -- 7. From Supermolecules to Supramolecular Assemblies -- 8. Molecular and Supramolecular Devices -- 9. Self-Processes - Programmed Supramolecular Systems -- 10. Perspectives
Summary Molecular chemistry rules the covalent bond. Supramolecular chemistry is "chemistry beyond the molecule", whose goal is to gain control over the intermolecular non-covalent bond. It is concerned with the entities of higher complexity than molecules themselves - supramolecular species and assemblies held together and organized by means of intermolecular, binding interactions. It is a highly interdisciplinary field of science and technology, bridging chemistry with biology and physics. Supramolecular chemistry embodies the creative power of chemistry. By its very essence, by its ability to create and through the beauty of its objects, chemistry is an art as well as a science. Indeed, it fashions entire new worlds that do not exist before they are shaped by the hand of the chemist, just as matter, shaped by the hand of the sculptor, becomes a work of art. This is powerfully expressed by the sculpture of Auguste Rodin on the cover picture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Macromolecules.
Supramolecular chemistry.
LC no. 95013502
ISBN 3527293116 (paperback)
3527293124 (hardcover)