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| Overview - What is Supramolecular Chemistry? | |
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| The Chemistry of Molecular Recognition - Host Molecules and Guest Molecules | |
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| Molecular Recognition as the Basis for Supramolecular Chemistry | |
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| Molecular Interactions in Molecular Recognition | |
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| Crown Ethers and Related Hosts - The First Class of Artificial Host | |
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| Signal Input/Output in Crown Ether Systems | |
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| Chiral Recognition by Crown Ethers | |
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| Macrocyclic Polyamines - Nitrogen-Based Cyclic Hosts | |
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| Cyclodextrin - A Naturally Occurring Cyclic Host | |
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| Calixarene - A Versatile Host | |
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| Other Host Molecules - Building Three-Dimensional Cavities | |
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| Endoreceptors and Exoreceptors | |
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| Molecular Recognition at Interfaces - The Key to Understanding Biological Recognition | |
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| Various Designs of Molecular Recognition Sites at Interfaces | |
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| References | |
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| Controlling Supramolecular Topology - The Art of Building Supermolecules | |
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| Fullerenes - Carbon Soccer Balls | |
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| Carbon Nanotubes - The Smallest Tubular Molecules | |
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| Dendrimers - Molecular Trees | |
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| Rotaxanes - Threading Molecular Rings | |
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| Catenanes and Molecular Capsules - Complex Molecular Associations | |
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| Molecular Self-Assembly - How to Build the Large Supermolecules | |
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| Programmed Supramolecular Assembly | |
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| Supramolecular Crystals | |
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| Macroscopic Models of Supramolecular Assembly | |
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| Supermolecular Assembly through Fuzzy Interactions | |
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| Structures and Formation Mechanisms of Cell Membranes | |
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| Micelles - Dynamic Supramolecular Assemblies | |
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| Liposomes, Vesicles, and Cast Films - Supramolecular Assembly Based on Lipid Bilayers | |
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| Monolayers and LB Films - Controllable Layered Assembly | |
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| Self-Assembled Monolayers - Monolayers Strongly Bound to Surfaces | |
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| Alternate Layer-by-Layer Assembly - Supramolecular Architecture Obtained with Beakers and Tweezers | |
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| Hierarchical Higher Organization - From Bilayers to Fibers and Rods | |
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| Artificial Molecular Patterns - Artificially Designed Molecular Arrangement | |
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| Artificial Arrangement of Molecules in a Plane - Two-Dimensional Molecular Patterning | |
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| Applications of Supermolecules - Molecular Devices and Nanotechnology | |
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| What is a Molecular Device? | |
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| Reading Signals from Molecular Device | |
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| Molecular Electronic Devices - Controlling Electricity Using Supermolecules | |
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| Molecular Photonic Devices - Controlling Light with Supermolecules | |
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| Molecular Computers - Supermolecules that can Think and Calculate | |
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| Molecular Machines - Supermolecules that can Catch Objects, Move and Rotate | |
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| Molecular Devices with Directional Functionality - Supermolecules that Transmit Signals in a Desired Direction | |
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| Supramolecular Chemistry & Nanotechnology toward Future | |
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| Biological Supermolecules - Learning from Nature | |
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| Supramolecular Systems Seen in the Biological World | |
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| Controlling Material Transport - Ion Channels | |
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| Information Conversion and Amplification - Signal Transduction | |
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| Energy Conversion - Photosynthesis | |
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| Material Conversion - Natural and Artificial Enzymes | |
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| Cleaving Genes - Restriction Enzymes | |
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| Tailor-Made Enzymes - Catalytic Antibodies | |
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| Key to the Origin of Life - Ribozymes | |
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| Combinatorial Chemistry and Evolutionary Molecular Engineering | |
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| References | |
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| Subject Index | |