Calixarenes in the Nanoworld

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vicens, Jacques (Editor), Harrowfield, Jack (Editor), Baklouti, Lassaad (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Analytical chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Organic Chemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Analytical Chemistry.

Calixarenes have been widely exploited in all areas of supramolecular chemistry over the past three decades and many recent developments have concerned their applications in the production of chemical entities with the dimensions of nanometres, as in "nanochemistry". Calixarenes in the Nan...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory chapter
• Calixdendrimers
• Molecular tubes derived of calixarenes
• Catenated calixarenes
• Capsules and catenands
• Calixarenes as Cluster Keepers
• Calixarenes and C60
• Calixarene-Based Nanoporous Supramolecular Architectures
• Calixarenes on molecular printboards: multivalent binding, surface patterning, and capsule formation
• Calixarene-based Supramolecular Materials for Sensing and Fixation of Gases
• Enzyme models
• Supramolecular and Biomimetic Properties of Peptido- and Glycocalixarenes
• Fluorescent calixarene-based sensors
• Nanoprotein sensing
• Pharmaceutical applications of calixarenes.