Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Molecular Structure and Chemistry of Diamondoids -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Classification and Crystalline Structure of Diamondoids -- 1.3. Distinction between Diamondoids and Nanodiamonds -- 1.4. Synthesis and Functionalization of Diamondoid Cages -- 1.4.1. Adamantane syntheses: from nearly trace amounts to semi-quantitative yields -- 1.4.2. Diamantane and triamantane syntheses -- 1.4.3. Functionalization of diamondoids -- 1.5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Diamondoids in Petroleum and other Fossil Fuels -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Diamondoids in Fossil Fuels -- 2.3. Origin of Petroleum and Genesis of Diamondoids -- 2.3.1. Diamondoid genesis in petroleum -- 2.4. Diamondoids as Geochemical Tools for Petroleum Characterization -- 2.4.1. Diamondoid-based geological correlations for petroleum characterization -- 2.4.2. Susceptibility of diamondoids biodegradation by microorganisms -- 2.4.3. Diamondoid-based diagnostic ratios in environment science -- 2.4.4. Diamondoid-based diagnostic ratios for petroleum maturity parameters -- 2.5. The Role of Diamondoids in Petroleum and Natural Gas Production Fouling -- 2.6. Detection, Measurement and Separation of Diamondoids in Petroleum -- 2.7. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Physical Properties of Diamondoids -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Spectrometric Properties -- 3.2.1. Soft-X-ray emission (SXE) and X-ray absorption (XAS) spectroscopy -- 3.2.2. Ionization potential and photoion yield spectra of diamondoids -- 3.2.3. Vibrational spectroscopy of diamondoids -- 3.2.3.1. Raman spectroscopy of diamondoids -- 3.2.3.2. Raman spectra of adamantane, diamantane, and triamantane -- 3.2.3.3. Raman spectra of [121]tetramantane and [1212] pentamantane -- 3.2.3.4. Raman spectra of [12312]hexamantane and [121321]heptamantane.

3.2.3.5. Infrared spectroscopy of diamondoids -- 3.3. Optical Properties -- 3.3.1. Diamondoids as electron photoemitters -- 3.3.2. Refractive index measurements of diamondoids -- 3.4. Thermodynamic Properties of Diamondoid Molecules and their Derivatives -- 3.4.1. Enthalpies and entropies -- 3.4.2. Other thermodynamic properties -- 3.4.3. Thermodynamic properties for biomedical industry -- 3.4.4. Solubilities -- 3.5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Diamondoids as Nanoscale Building Blocks -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Diamondoids as Molecular Building Blocks for Nanotechnology -- 4.2.1. Diamondoids in mechanosynthesis -- 4.2.2. Naturally occurring diamondoids as molecular components of nanosystems -- 4.3. Diamondoids for Host-Guest Chemistry -- 4.4. Adamantane in Inclusion Compounds -- 4.4.1. Cyclodextrin (CDx)-adamantane inclusion complexation (CAIC) supramolecules -- 4.4.2. Nanotechnology applications of CAICs (CDx-adamantane inclusion complexes) -- 4.4.2.1. Application of CAICs in nonviral gene therapy -- 4.4.2.2. Application of CAIC in enzyme immobilization -- 4.4.2.3. Application of CAIC in physical crosslinking of polymers -- 4.5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Properties of Diamondoids through Quantum Calculations -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Schrödinger Equation and ab initio Calculations -- 5.2.1. The Hartree-Fock (HF) approximation -- 5.2.2. Density functional theory (DFT) -- 5.2.3. Some basic ab initio computations for diamondoids -- 5.2.4. Commercial and scientific computer codes (ab initio packages) -- 5.3. Electronic and Structural Properties of Diamondoids -- 5.3.1. Electronic structure -- 5.3.2. Quantum confinement effect -- 5.3.3. Ionization potential and electron affinity -- 5.3.4. Electronic properties -- 5.3.5. Functionalized diamondoid molecules -- 5.3.6. Quantum conductance.

5.4. Intermolecular Interactions -- 5.5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Biomedical Applications of Diamondoids -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Fighting Infectious Diseases with Diamondoids Derivatives -- 6.2.1. Diamondoids-based drugs against influenza viruses -- 6.2.1.1. Amantadine and Rimantadine -- 6.2.1.2. Other diamondoid-based drugs against influenza viruses -- 6.2.2 Other antiviral activities of diamondoids derivatives -- 6.2.3. Diamondoids-based drugs for bacterial infection treatment -- 6.2.3.1. Adamantaplatensymicin -- 6.2.3.2. Diamondoid derivatives action against MTB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) -- 6.2.3.3. Other diamondoid derivatives with antibacterial action -- 6.2.4. Diamondoid drugs for parasitic infection treatment -- 6.2.4.1. Adamantyl antimalarial drugs -- 6.2.4.2. Trypanosomiasis, Schistosomiasis and Fascioliasis-New treatments based of adamantyl peroxides -- 6.3. Fighting Cancer with Diamondoids Derivatives -- 6.3.1. Adaphostin: An adamantane derivative for cancer chemotherapy -- 6.3.2. Other promising adamantane-based anticancer drugs -- 6.4. Other Diamondoids-based Drugs -- 6.4.1. Memantine as a neuroprotective agent for Alzheimer's disease -- 6.4.2. Tamorf and its antidotal effects -- 6.4.3. Adamantane derivatives with hypoglycemic action -- 6.4.3.1. Diamondoids-based drugs for diabetes treatments -- 6.5. Diamodoids Derivatives in Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting -- 6.6. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Diamondoids in Materials Science -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Applications of Diamondoids in Polymeric Synthesis -- 7.2.1. Thermoset polymers -- 7.2.2. Incorporation of 1,6- or 4,9-diamantylene groups into polyamides -- 7.2.3. Application of diamondoids in the synthesis of star polymers -- 7.2.4. Adamantyl-containing epoxy resins.

7.2.5. Fluorinated electro-optic copolymer containing adamantane synthesized by Belardini et al. (2006) -- 7.2.6. Other examples of applications of adamantyl in polymeric synthesis -- 7.2.7. Diamantyl in polymers -- 7.3. Diamondoids in Polymer Nanocomposites -- 7.4. Aryl-adamantanes as Overcharge Protection Compounds for Power Cells -- 7.5. Crystal Engineering -- 7.6. Diamondoids-DNA Nanoarchitecture -- 7.6.1. Design of Diamondoids-DNA Nanostructure (DDN) -- 7.7. Self-assembly of Diamondoid Molecules and Derivatives -- 7.8. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.