The proposed book will predominantly deal with basic research and, therefore,artificial devices based on heterogeneous or solid-state systems, which are closer to practical applications compared to systems in solution, will be only briefly treated. The first purpose is to provide an accessible and readable summary on the use of electrochemical techniques and the applications of electrochemical concepts to the research in the field of functional molecular-level systems. The second purpose is to strengthen the contacts between the electrochemical community and the researchers engaged in the field of supramolecular chemistry showing the variety of functions that can be obtained by multicomponent systems designed by using the paradigms of supramolecular chemistry and the great potential of the electrochemical techniques in characterizing them and in some cases to make them work. The most important families of electro-active functional supramolecular systems developed so far will be described and discussed on the basis of the above reported considerations. They include: rotaxanes and catenanes as molecular machines and as elements for information processing; dendrimers as molecular batteries, sensors, light harvesting antennae, anddrug delivery systems; compounds for solar cells applications; metal complexes as switches for energy and electron transfer; electrochromic systems for information storage and display applications; electrochemiluminescent systems as sensors; functional nanoparticles as catalysts and sensors; multicomponent systems based on fullerenes and carbon nanotubes; functional self-assembled monolayers, and bio-hybrid devices.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-25557-5
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 688
- Fecha Publicación: 28/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés