Molecules at Work. Selfassembly, Nanomaterials, Molecular Machinery
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, April 2012, Pages: 410
Providing a comprehensive overview of current developments in innovative materials science and related topics, this book covers the core areas of materials science, inorganic, organic and solid state chemistry.
The authors are among the rising stars in European chemistry, a selection of participants in the 2010 European Young Chemists Award competition, and their contributions deal with most of the frontier issues in materials and nanoscience as well as chemistry. They give an account of the latest research results, as well as the outlook for the future.
Preface XIII
List of Contributors XXI
Part I Self Assembly 1
1 Yoctoliter-Sized Vessels as Potential Biological Models 3
Sheshanath V. Bhosale, Bradley E. Wilman, and Steven J. Langford
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Cavities on Glass Plates and Gold Surfaces 5
1.3 Preparation and Confirmation of Rigid Yoctowell Cavity 6
1.4 Molecular Sorting 7
1.5 Yoctowell-Based Molecular Recognition Events 9
1.6 Conclusion 11
2 Switchable Host–Guest Interactions of Supramolecular Rings and Cages 13
Guido H. Clever
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Host–Guest Chemistry 15
2.3 Switching in Supramolecular Systems 17
2.4 Natural Paragons 19
2.5 Types of External Input and Methods for Analysis 20
2.6 Conclusion 33
Part II NanoMaterials 39
3 Tailored Graphene-Type Molecules by Chemical Synthesis 41
Milan Kivala and Xinliang Feng
3.1 Introduction 41
3.2 Synthetic Concepts toward Expanded PAHs – Nanographenes 43
3.3 Conclusion and Outlook 64
4 Analyzing the Surface Area Properties of Microporous Materials 71
Abbie Trewin
4.1 Introduction 71
4.2 Microporous Materials 74
4.3 Porosity 81
4.4 Porous Materials and Calculating Surface Areas 85
4.5 Summary 92
5 Nanostructured Materials Based on Core-Substituted Naphthalene Diimides 97
Sheshanath V. Bhosale, Bradley E. Wilman, and Steven J. Langford
5.1 Introduction 97
5.2 Synthesis of Novel cNDI Derivatives 99
5.3 Electron Transfer 102
5.4 Supramolecular Self-Assembly of cNDI 105
5.5 Conclusion 110
6 Metal Phosphides: From Chemist’s Oddities to Designed Functional Materials 113
Sophie Carenco, Matthieu Demange, Cedric Boissiere, Clement Sanchez, and Nicolas Mezailles
6.1 Introduction 113
6.2 Bulk Metal Phosphides: A Long History 113
6.3 White Phosphorus for the Low-Temperature Synthesis of Metal Phosphide Nanoparticles 115
7 "Artificial Supermolecule": Progress in the Study of II–V Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals 121
Shiding Miao, Alexander Eychmuller, and Stephen G. Hickey
7.1 Introduction 121
7.2 Optical Properties of II–V Nanocrystals 124
7.3 Synthesis of II–V Nanocrystals 133
7.4 Conclusions and Outlook 143
8 Luminescent Dendrimers 155
Giacomo Bergamini
8.1 Introduction 155
8.2 Intrinsic Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Organic Dendrimers 156
8.3 Energy Transfer and Energy Upconversion in Multichromophoric Dendrimers 161
8.4 Dendrimers as Ligands for Metal Ions 164
8.5 Self-Assembly 168
8.6 Dendrimers as Photoswitchable Hosts 170
8.7 Conclusion and Perspectives 172
9 Fabrication of Ultramicroporous Silica Membranes for Pervaporation and Gas Separation 177
Vittorio Boffa
9.1 Ultramicroporous Silica Membranes 177
9.2 MxOy –Silica Membrane 185
9.3 Hybrid Organic-Silica Membranes 193
9.4 Perspectives in the Fabrication and Application of Silica Membranes 200
10 New Directions in the Fight against Cancer: From Metal Complexes to Nanostructured Materials 207
Santiago Gomez-Ruiz
10.1 Introduction 207
10.2 Metal Complexes in Cancer Treatment 208
10.3 Nanostructured Materials in Cancer Treatments 221
Part III Molecular Machinery 243
11 Molecular Rotors: Imaging Intracellular Viscosity 245
Marina K. Kuimova
11.1 Introduction 245
11.2 Theoretical Background 246
11.3 Biological Applications of Molecular Rotors 247
11.4 Conclusions and Outlook 258
12 Surface-Functionalized Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystals in Functional Nanocomposite Materials for Microfabrication 263
Chiara Ingrosso, Marinella Striccoli, Angela Agostiano, and Maria Lucia Curri
12.1 Introduction 263
12.2 Colloidal Nanocrystals: Properties, Synthesis, and Surface Functionalization 264
12.3 NC-Based Nanocomposites for Microfabrication 269
12.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives 279
13 Fluorescence Sensing of Temperature and Oxygen with Fullerenes 285
Mario N. Berberan-Santos and Carlos Baleizao
13.1 Introduction 285
13.2 Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Fundamental Aspects 287
13.3 Sensing Applications 292
13.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives 307
14 Going beyond Glucose Sensing with Boronic Acid Receptors 315
Alexander Schiller
14.1 Introduction 315
14.2 Indicator Displacement Assays for the Detection of Sugars 316
14.3 Glucose Sensing with Boronic Acid Receptors 317
14.4 Solution-Phase Sensor Arrays with Boronic-Acid-Appended Bipyridinium Salts 321
14.5 Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme Assays 327
14.6 Boronic-Acid-Appended Bipyridinium Salts at Work – NOVOSIDES 330
14.7 Conclusions and Perspectives 333
15 Design of Novel Iridium Complexes to Obtain Stable and Efficient Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells 339
Ruben D. Costa
15.1 Brief History of Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices 339
15.2 Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells: Motivation and Definition 340
15.3 Ionic Transition-Metal Complexes Based on Ir(III) Metal Core for LECs 343
15.4 Strategies to Design Iridium(III) Complexes for Highly Efficient LECs 346
15.5 Strategies to Design Iridium(III) Complexes for Highly Stable LECs 350
15.6 Outlook and Conclusions 356
16 Photochemically Driven Molecular Devices and Machines 361
Serena Silvi
16.1 Introduction 361
16.2 Switches and Logic Gates 363
16.3 Molecular Machines 369
16.4 Conclusions 380
Acknowledgments 381
References 381
Index 385
Bruno Pignataro, born in Bologna in 1972, is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Palermo. He received his degree in chemistry in 1995 from the University of Catania and his PhD in materials science five years later. He has helped establish a wide network of international collaborations and organized several scientific activities at national and international level, including coordinating the Young Chemists Group of the Italian Chemical Society and chairing the first three editions of the European Young Chemist Award. Professor Pignataro's group research focus on the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, molecular electronics, and biotechnology.
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