"One of the great opening frontiers in molecular sciences," declare Atwood (chemistry, U. of Missouri at Columbia, US) and Steed (inorganic chemistry, Durham U., UK), "is the upward synthesis, understanding of structure and application of molecules and molecular concepts into the nanoscale." They present 14 papers from contributors judged to be leading experts working on the cutting edge of this revolution on the nanoscale, each of which is intended a self-contained illustration of the way the nanoscale is influencing current theory and research across the molecular sciences. Specific topics include artificial photochemical devices and machines, rotaxanes as ligands for molecular machines and metal-organic frameworks, strategic anion templation for the assembly of interlocked structures, synthetic nanotubes from calixarenes, supramolecular architecture based on organometallic half-sandwich complexes, endochemistry of self-assembled hollow spherical cages, polynuclear coordination stages, from structure to function for polyoxometalate nanocapsules, nanocapsules assembled by the hydrophobic effect, opportunities in nanotechnology via organic solid-state reactivity, and organic nanocapsules. Annotation ⓒ2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Artificial Photochemical Devices and Machines
Rotaxanes as Ligands for Molecular Machines and Metal-Organic Frameworks
Strategic Anion Templation for the Assembly of Interlocked Structures
Synthetic Nanotubes from Calixarenes
Molecular Gels -
Nanostructured Soft Materials
Nanoporous Crystals, Co-crystals, Isomers and Polymorphs from Crystals
Supramolecular Architectures Based on Organometallic Half-sandwich Complexes
Endochemistry of Self-assembled Hollow Spherical Cages
Polynuclear Coordination Cages
Periodic Nanostructures Based on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): En Route to Zeolite-like Metal-Organic Frameworks (ZMOFs)
Polyoxometalate Nanocapsules: From Structure to Function
Nanocapsules Assembled by the Hydrophobic Effect
Opportunities in Nanotechnology via Organic Solid-state Reactivitiy: Nanostructured Co-crystals and Molecular Capsules
Organic Nanocapsules