1. Edition - December 2006
302.- Euro
2006. XX, 592 Pages, Hardcover
291 Fig. (38 Colored Fig.), 15 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31302-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31302-0 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
This timely overview focuses on target molecules that have shown interesting properties as materials or models in physics, biology and chemistry -- a unique concept allowing readers to select the right synthetic strategy for success.

From the contents
PART I: 3-D-CARBORICH PI-SYSTEMS - NANOTUBES AND SEGMENTS
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
Cyclophenacene Cut Out of Fullerene
PART II: STRATEGIC ADVANCES IN CHROMOPHORE AND MATERIALS SYNTHESES
Swivel Cruciforms
Design of pi-Conjugated Systems Using Organophosphorous Building Blocks
Diversity Oriented Synthesis of Chromophores by Combinatorial Strategies and Multi-component Reactions
High-yield Synthesis of Shape-persistent Phenylene-Ethynylene Macrocycles
Self-Assembly Strategies towards Multifunctional Materials
PART III: MOLECULAR MUSCLES, SWITCHES AND ELECTRONICS
Molecular Motors and Muscles
Diarylethene as a Photoswitching Unit of Intramolecular Magnetic Interaction
Thiol End-capped Molecules for Molecular Electronics: Synthetic Methods, Molecular Junctions, and Structure-Property Relationships
Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials
PART IV: ELECTRONIC INTERACTION AND STRUCTURE
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes in Synthetically Modified DNA
Electron Transfer of pi-Functional Systems and Applications
Induced pi-Stacking in Acenes
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Conjugated Materials