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 in their particular fields of research, with topics ranging from new synthetic pathways and nanotechnology to green chemistry. Of major interest to organic chemists, materials scientists and biochemists.Content: Chapter 1 Subcomponent Self?Assembly as a Route to New Structures and Materials (pages 1–29): Jonathan R. Nitschke Chapter 2 Molecular Metal Oxides and Clusters as Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Architectures and Potential Nanosystems (pages 31–46): Leroy Cronin Chapter 3 Nanostructured Porous Materials: Building Matter from the Bottom Up (pages 47–71): Javier Garcia?Martinez Chapter 4 Strategies toward Hierarchically Structured Optoelectronically Active Polymers (pages 73–100): Eike Jahnke and Holger Frauenrath Chapter 5 Mimicking Nature: Bio?Inspired Models of Copper Proteins (pages 101–127): Iryna A. Koval, Patrick Gamez and Jan Reedijk Chapter 6 From the Past to the Future of Rotaxanes (pages 129–159): Andreea R. Schmitzer Chapter 7 Multiphoton Processes and Nonlinear Harmonic Generations in Lanthanide Complexes (pages 161–184): Ga?Lai Law Chapter 8 Light?Emitting Organic Nanoaggregates from Functionalized para?Quaterphenylenes (pages 185–213): Manuela Schiek Chapter 9 Plant Viral Capsids as Programmable Nanobuilding Blocks (pages 215–236): Nicole F. Steinmetz Chapter 10 New Calorimetric Approaches to the Study of Soft Matter 3D Organization (pages 237–261): J. M. Nedelec and M. Baba Chapter 11 Naphthalenediimides as Photoactive and Electroactive Components in Supramolecular Chemistry (pages 263–293): Sheshanath Vishwanath Bhosale Chapter 12 Coordination Chemistry of Phosphole Ligands Substituted with Pyridyl Moieties: From Catalysis to Nonlinear Optics and Supramolecular Assemblies (pages 295–319): Christophe Lescop and Muriel Hissler Chapter 13 Selective Hydrogen Transfer Reactions over Supported Copper Catalysts Leading to Simple, Safe, and Clean Protocols for Organic Synthesis (pages 321–336): Federica Zaccheria and Nicoletta Ravasio Chapter 14 Selective Oxido?Reductive Processes by Nucleophilic Radical Addition under Mild Conditions (pages 337–351): Cristian Gambarotti and Carlo Punta Chapter 15 Speeding Up Discovery Chemistry: New Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry (pages 353–373): Matteo Colombo and Ilaria Peretto Chapter 16 Overview of Protein?Tannin Interactions (pages 375–394): Elisabete Barros de Carvalho, Victor Armando Pereira de Freitas and Nuno Filipe da Cruz Batista Mateus Chapter 17 Photochemical Transformation Processes of Environmental Significance (pages 395–419): Davide Vione

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.

Clearly divided into three main areas of discussion, the first part deals with self-organization, nanoscience and nanotechnology, culminating in new approaches of the study of soft matter 3D organization. Part Two looks at organic synthesis, catalysis and materials, while the final part covers health, food, and the environment, including future perspectives for medical chemistry and photochemical transformation processes of environmental significance.

Of major interest to physical- and organic chemists, materials scientists and biochemists.