CONCEPT TRANSFER FROM THE LIFE SCIENCES INTO MATERIALS SCIENCE

Authors
GLINK PT STODDART JF
Citation
Pt. Glink et Jf. Stoddart, CONCEPT TRANSFER FROM THE LIFE SCIENCES INTO MATERIALS SCIENCE, Pure and applied chemistry, 70(2), 1998, pp. 419-424
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Pure and applied chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00334545
Volume
70
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
419 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-4545(1998)70:2<419:CTFTLS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The use of self-assembly processes, which are presided over by noncova lent bonding interactions, has led to the construction of a variety of mechanically-entwined and interlocked entities - namely, the so-calle d pseudorotaxanes, rotaxanes and catenanes - of nanometre size. Althou gh these superstructures and structures are entirely unnatural in thei r forms, they have been constructed utilising approaches akin to those occurring in nature.