Transition Metals in Supramolecular Chemistry

Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry will relate recentdevelopments and new exciting approaches in supramolecularchemistry. In supramolecular chemistry, our aim is to understandmolecular chemistry beyond the covalent bond - the series willconcentrate on goal-orientated supramolecular chemistry.Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry will reflect researchwhich develops supramolecular structures with specific newproperties, such as recognition, transport and simulation ofbiosystems or new materials. The series will cover all areas fromtheoretical and modelling aspects through organic and inorganicchemistry and biochemistry to materials, solid-state and polymersciences reflecting the many and varied applications ofsupramolecular structures in modern chemistry. Transition Metals inSupramolecular Chemistry Edited by Jean-Pierre Sauvage,Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France The chemistry ofweak forces and non-covalent interactions as pioneered by Pedersen,Lehn and Cram is considered to be the origin of modernsupramolecular chemistry. 30 years ago transition metals and theircomplexes were not regarded as important to this science.Transition Metals in Supramolecular Chemistry clearly demonstratesthat today, transition metal complexes are routinely used to buildlarge multicomponent architectures which display new and excitingapplications including molecular switches, liquid crystals, andmolecular magnets. Contents
* Ligand and Metal Control of Self-Assembly in SupramolecularChemistry
* Bistability in Iron (II) Spin-Crossover Systems: A SupramolecularFunction
* Luminescent Sensors with and for Transition Metals
* The Chirality of Polynuclear Transition Metal Complexes
* Design and Serendipity in the Synthesis of Polynuclear Compoundsof the 3d-metals
* Rotaxanes: From Random to Transition Metal-Templated Threading ofRings at the Molecular Level
* Metallomesogens - Supramolecular Organisation of Metal Complexesin Fluid Phases
* Self-Assembly of Interlocked Structures with Cucurbituril MetalIons and Metal Complexes
Reflecting contemporary science, Transition Metals inSupramolecular Chemistry will inspire scientists and studentsinterested in coordination chemistry, magnetochemistry, molecularsensors and switches, liquid crystals and artificial systems.