Supramolecular Chirality [Hardcover]

A. Scarso, J. Rebek, Jr.: Chiral Spaces in Supramolecular Assemblies.-

K. Maeda, E. Yashima: Dynamic Helical Structures: Detection and Amplification of Chirality.-

V.V. Borovkova, Y. Inoue: Supramolecular Chirogenesis in Host-Guest Systems Containing Porphyrinoids.-

G. Seeber, B.E.F. Tiedemann, K.N. Raymond: Supramolecular Chirality in Coordination Chemistry.-

D.A. Leigh, E.M. P?rez: Dynamic Chirality: Molecular Shuttles and Motors.-

K.-H. Ernst: Supramolecular Surface Chirality.-

D. B. Amabilino and J. Veciana: Supramolecular Chiral Functional Materials

From the reviews:

If supramolecular chemistry is molecular sociology then supramolecular chirality is the design of molecular sociological order into these molecular systems. The purpose of the seven chapters of this book is to provide the reader with the latest research insights into the asymmetric arrangement of molecules in a non-covalent assembly, where chirality is utilised as a tool to fabricate supramolecular structures with new and intersting applications and properties that could evolve into new nanofabrication technologies.

from: H. H?gel, Chem. RMIT University, Chemistry in Australia, November 2006, S. 29

Unlike traditional chemical synthesis where molecules are stitched together atom by atom through covalent  bonds, supramolecular chemistry deals with noncovalent interactions that utilize a combination of weak and reversible interacting forces to organize and assemble molecules into well-defined systems. This book is a description of the next level of molecular organization  - i.e., how chemical building blocks, both chiral and achiral, are organized and assembled into asymmetric (chiral) supramolecular assemblies -lãp