Download or read book Supramolecular Chemistry - Fundamentals and Applications written by Katsuhiko Ariga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamentals of "supramolecular chemistry" to the latest developments on the subject are covered by this book. It sets out to explain the topic in a relatively easy way. The basic concepts of molecular recognition chemistry are included. Molecules with fascinating shapes and functions such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, rotaxane, and catenane, and molecular assemblies 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. Though simply explained undergraduate and graduate students in Chemistry will be able to use aspects of this work as an advanced textbook.