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"This book focuses on how smart, functional organic molecules are rationally designed and prepared - an area of intense worldwide research, both in academia and industry. It helps guide chemists to choose among key structural units for accomplishing a desired function of a molecule, aggregate,...

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Main Author: Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013.
Subjects:
Physical organic chemistry.
Organic compounds > Synthesis.
Molecular structure.
Biomolecules.
Molecular machinery.
Molecular Structure
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements List of Authors Chapter 1 Introduction Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen Chapter 2 Organic Building Blocks for Molecular Engineering Kasper Lincke and Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen Chapter 3 Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules for Molecular Electronics Karsten Jennum and Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen Chapter 4 Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Helena Grennberg Chapter 5 H-Bond Based Nanostructuration of Supramolecular Organic Materials Tomas Marangoni and Davide Bonifazi Chapter 6 Molecular Systems for Solar Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion Kasper Moth-Poulsen Chapter 7 Strategies to Switch Fluorescence with Photochromic Oxazines Erhan Deniz, Janet Cusido, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Mutlu Battal, Ibrahim Yildiz, Marco Petriella, Mariano L. Bossi, Salvatore Sortino, and Françisco M. Raymo Chapter 8 Supramolecular Redox Transduction: Macrocyclic Receptors for Organic Guests Sebastien Goeb, David Canevet, and Marc Salle Chapter 9 Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives Using TTF-Calix[4]pyrroles Karina R. Larsen, Kent A. Nielsen, Jonathan L. Sessler, and Jan O. Jeppesen Chapter 10 Recognition of Carbohydrates Martina Cacciarini Chapter 11 Cyclodextrin Based Artificial Enzymes
  • Synthesis and Function Christian Marcus Pedersen and Mikael Bols Chapter 12 Organozymes: Molecular Engineering and Combinatorial Selection of Peptidic Organo and Transition Metal Catalysts Morten Meldal Chapter 13 Dendrimers in Biology and Nanomedicine Jørn Bolstad Christensen Chapter 14 Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Brian Rasmussen, Anne Sørensen, Sophie R. Beeren, and Michael Pittelkow Index.
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Reference
  • Chapter 2: Organic Building Blocks for Molecular Engineering
  • 2.1 Molecular Function
  • 2.2 Redox-Active Units
  • 2.2.1 Case Study: TTF Building Blocks
  • 2.3 Photo/Thermoswitches
  • 2.3.1 Case Study: Azobenzenes
  • 2.4 Fluorophores, Light Harvesters, and Dyes
  • 2.4.1 Case Study: Fluorescent Probe for Carbohydrates
  • 2.4.2 Case Study: Logic Gate
  • 2.4.3 Case Study: Combining Chromophores and Redox-Active Units in an Artificial Photosynthesis Device
  • 2.4.4 Case Study: Clicking Together Functional Units by the CuAAC Reaction
  • 2.5 Macrocyclic Host Molecules
  • 2.5.1 Cation and Anion Complexation
  • 2.5.2?-Donor-Acceptor Complexation
  • 2.5.3 Encapsulation of Instable Compounds
  • 2.5.4 Encapsulation of Organic Molecules in Water
  • 2.6 DNA and Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers
  • 2.7 Modified Oligonucleotides
  • 2.8 Amino Acids: Peptide Building Blocks
  • 2.9 Chirality
  • 2.10 Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers
  • 2.11 Nonlinear Optical Chromophores
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules for Molecular Electronics
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Organic Molecular Wires
  • 3.2.1 Terminal Connectivity: The Alligator Clip Principle
  • 3.2.2 Synthesis and Properties of Organic Wires
  • 3.3 Organic Molecular Rectifiers
  • 3.4 Organic Molecular Switches
  • 3.5 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Terms and Nomenclature
  • 4.1.2 Handling of Carbon Nanoforms
  • 4.2 Characterization Methods
  • 4.2.1 Raman Spectroscopy
  • 4.2.2 Thermogravimetric Analysis
  • 4.2.3 Microscopic Methods
  • 4.3 Production and Purification of Carbon Nanotubes
  • 4.3.1 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
  • 4.3.2 Primary Purification of Carbon Nanotubes.

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