Chapter 1. A Proposed Taxonomy and Classification Strategy for Well-Defined, Soft-Matter Nanoscale Building Blocks (pages 1–32)
J©ªrn B. Christensen and Donald A. Tomalia
Chapter 2. On the Role of Hydrogen-Bonding in the Nanoscale Organization of ¥ð-Conjugated Materials (pages 33–57)
Albertus P.H.J. Schenning and David Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Chapter 3. Chiral Organic Nanomaterials (pages 59–77)
David B. Amabilino
Chapter 4. Biochemical Nanomaterials Based on Poly(ϵ--caprolactone) (pages 79–101)
Irakli Javakhishvili and S©ªren Hvilsted
Chapter 5. Self-Assembled Porphyrin Nanostructures and their Potential Applications (pages 103–130)
John A. Shelnutt and Craig J. Medforth
Chapter 6. Nanostructures and Electron-Transfer Functions of Nonplanar Porphyrins (pages 131–146)
Shunichi Fukuzumi and Takahiko Kojima
Chapter 7. Tweezers and macrocycles for the molecular recognition of fullerenes (pages 147–162)
David Canevet, Emilio M. Perez and Nazario Martin
Chapter 8. Covalent, Donor–Acceptor Ensembles based ON Phthalocyanines AND CARBON Nanostructures (pages 163–186)
Giovanni Bottari, Maxence Urbani, and Tomas Torres
Chapter 9. Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Supramolecular Carbon Nanotube Materials Decorated with Photoactive Sensitizers (pages 187–203)
Francis D'Souza, Atula S.D. Sandanayaka and Osamu Ito
Chapter 10. Interfacing Porphyrins/Phthalocyanines with Carbon Nanotubes (pages 205–224)
Juergen Bartelme and Dirk M. Guldi
Chapter 11. Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes Encapsulating Helium, Dihydrogen, and Water (pages 225–239)
Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata and Koichi Komatsu
Chapter 12. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Endohedral Metallofullerenes as Promising Carbon Nanomaterials (pages 241–258)
Michio Yamada, Xing Lu, Lai Feng, Satoru Sato, Yuta Takano, Shigeru Nagase and Takeshi Akasaka
Chapter 13. An update on electrochemical characterization and potential applications of carbon materials (pages 259–310)
Fang-Fang Li, Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Lourdes E. Echegoyen, and Luis Echegoyen
Chapter 14. Solvating Insoluble Carbon Nanostructures by Molecular Dynamics (pages 311–330)
Matteo Calvaresi and Francesco Zerbetto
Chapter 15. Inorganic Capsules: Redox-Active Guests in Metal Cages (pages 331–345)
Andrew Macdonell and Leroy Cronin
Chapter 16. Stimuli-Responsive Monolayers (pages 347–368)
Francesca A. Scaramuzzo, Mario Barteri, Pascal Jonkheijm and Jurriaan Huskens
Chapter 17. Self-Assembled Monolayers as Model Biosurfaces (pages 369–395)
Anna Laromaine and Charles R. Mace
Chapter 18. Low-Dimensionality Effects in Organic Field Effect Transistors (pages 397–419)
Stefano Casalini, Tobias Cramer, Francesca Leonardi, Massimiliano Cavallini and Fabio
Biscarini
Chapter 19. The Growth of Organic Nanomaterials by Molecular Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces (pages 421–446)
Jose M. Gallego, Roberto Otero and Rodolfo Miranda
Chapter 20. Biofunctionalized Surfaces (pages 447–467)
Marisela Velez
Chapter 21. Carbon nanotube derivatives as anticancer drug delivery systems (pages 469–486)
Chiara Fabbro, Tatiana Da Ros and Maurizio Prato
Chapter 22. Porous nanomaterials for biomedical applications (pages 487–507)
Henning Lulf, Andre Devaux, Eko Adi Prasetyanto and Luisa De Cola
Chapter 23. Dicationic gemini nanoparticle design for gene therapy (pages 509–528)
Mahmoud Elsabahy, Ildiko Badea, Ronald Verrall, McDonald Donkuru and Marianna
Foldvari
Chapter 24. Sensing Hg(II) Ions in Water: From Molecules to Nanostructured Molecular Materials (pages 529–548)
Imma Ratera, Alberto Tarraga, Pedro Molina and Jaume Veciana
Chapter 25. Organic nanomaterials for efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells (pages 549–578)
Pavel A. Troshin and Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Chapter 26. Mesoscopic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (pages 579–597)
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jaejung Ko and Michael Gratzel
Index (pages 599–601)
Colour Plate (pages 602–613)
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