Molecular Switches (2-Volume Set)

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2nd, Completely Revised and Enlarged Edition. - Wiley, 2011. - 809 p. - The long-awaited second edition of the successful book covering molecular switches now in two volumes! Providing principles and applications this book brings you everything you need to know about molecular switches - a hot topic in the nanoworld. The major classes of molecular switches including catenanes, rotaxanes, azobenzenes together with polymer and biomolecular switching systems and DNA based switches are covered. Chemists and material scientists interested in one of the most innovative areas of their science will benefit greatly from reading this book. "This book will appeal most to organic chemists, because of the way new structures are introduced through their synthesis, but it will also provide a useful introduction for other scientists, provided they are conversant with molecular structures." (Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry). ". a comprehensive and up-to-date insight ." (Chemistry & Industry).Contents Molecular Switching Multifunctional Diarylethenes Photoswitchable Molecular Systems Based on Spiropyrans and Spirooxazines Fulgides and Related Compounds Transition Metal-Complexed Catenanes and Rotaxanes as Molecular Machine Prototypes Chiroptical Molecular Switches Multistate/Multifunctional Molecular-Level Systems: Photochromic Flavylium Compounds Nucleic-Acid-Based Switches Switching in Containers, Polymers and Channels Switching Processes in Cavitands, Containers and Capsules Cyclodextrin-Based Switches Photoswitchable Polypeptides Ion Translocation within Multisite Receptors Optically-Induced Processes in Azopolymers Photoresponsive Polymers Responsive Molecular Gels Switchable Proteins and Channels Molecular Switching in Logic Systems and Electronics Reading and Powering Molecular Machines by Light Photoinduced Motion Associated with Monolayers Molecular Logic Systems Electron- and Energy-Transfer Mechanisms for Fluorescence Modulation with Photochromic Switches Conductance Properties of Switchable Molecules