MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY: ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY -- MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY: ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DIRECTED MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY ON METAL SURFACES: C60 MOLECULES ON THE (111) SURFACE OF GOLD -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE AU(111) SURFACE -- 2.1. Atomic Scale Structure of Au(111) -- 2.2. Nanostructured Au(111) Surface: ZGSS -- 3. STEP-MEDIATED NUCLEATION AND GROWTH AT ROOM TEMPERATURE -- 4. SITE-SELECTIVE ADSORPTION AT LOW TEMPERATURE -- 5. NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE FOR DIRECTED ASSEMBLY -- 5.1. Step-Specific Nucleation -- 5.2. Filling of Nano-Cavities with Molecules -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE-CONTROLLED SELF-ASSEMBLIES OF CALIXARENES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF CALIXARENE MOLECULES TETRASUBSTITUTED AT THE LOWER AND UPPER RIMS BY VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL GROUPS IN NANOSCALE AGGREGATES -- 2.1. Amphiphilic Calix[4]arenes -- 2.2. Tetrasubstituted Calix[4]arenes Are Able to Form Hydrogen Bonds -- 2.3. Self-Assembly of Calixarenes Containing Charged Functional Groups as Counterions -- 3. SUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CALIXARENES -- 3.1. Calixarenes and Thiacalix[4]arenes Self-assembled in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Molecular Layers -- 3.2. Tetrasubstituted Calixarenes Forming Crystalline Mesophase -- 3.3. Functionalized Calixarenes Forming Nanotubes -- 3.4. Molecular Devices Based on Calixarenes -- 3.5. Nanomaterials Formed by Self-Assembly of Calixarenes -- 4. SELF-ASSEMBLY OF METAL BASED SUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES -- 4.1. The Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Aggregates Based on Calix[6]arenes in Solution -- 4.2. The Aggregation of Calixarenes and Thiacalixarens with Metal Cations in Nanoscale Structures.

5. P-TERT-BUTYL THIACALIX[4]ARENES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH AMIDE AND HYDRAZIDE GROUPS AT THE LOWER RIM IN CONE, PARTIAL CONE AND 1,3-ALTERNATE CONFORMATIONS ARE "SMART" BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CONSTRUCTING NANOSIZED STRUCTURES WITH METAL CATIONS OF S-, P-, D-ELEMENTS IN ORGANIC PHASE -- 6. SELF-ASSEMBLY OF NANOSIZED AGGREGATES BASED ON THE PHOTOSWITCHABLE P-TERT-BUTYL THIACALIX[4]ARENE DERIVATIVE AND FEIII, CUII AND AGI CATIONS -- 7. SOLID-PHASE SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLES BASED ON STEREOISOMERS OF P-TERT-BUTYL THIACALIX[4]ARENES AND SOME METAL CATIONS: STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF NANOPARTICLES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FROM MULTIFUNCTIONAL AROMATIC CARBOXYLATES AND PYRIDYLCARBOXAMIDES -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 5-FERROCENE-1,3-BENZENEDICARBOXYLICATE METAL FRAMEWORKS -- 3 PYRIDYL-FUNCTIONALIZED 4,5-IMIDAZOLEDICARBOXYLICATE METAL FRAMEWORKS -- 4 MAGNETISM INVESTIGATION ON MOFS OF PYRIDYL-FUNCTIONALIZED 4,5-IMIDAZOLEDICARBOXYLICATE -- 5 PHOTOLUMINESCENCES OF MOFS CONTAINING PYRIDYL-FUNCTIONALIZED 4,5-IMIDAZOLEDICARBOXYLICATE -- 6 GAS ADSORPTION OF POROUS MOFS CONTAINING PYRIDYL-FUNCTIONALIZED 4,5-IMIDAZOLEDICARBOXYLICATE -- 7 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS BUILT FROM U-SHAPED BIS(PYRIDYLCARBOXYLAMIDE)BENZENE -- 8 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS BASED ON TWO UNSYMMETRIC PYRIDINECARBOXAMIDES -- 9 FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- BACTERIAL FLAGELLAR FILAMENT: SELF-ASSEMBLY, CHIRALITY, AND POLYMORPHISM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLAGELLAR FILAMENT AND ITS POLYMORPHISM -- SELF-ASSEMBLY OF THE FLAGELLIN IN VITRO -- SELF-ASSEMBLY OF THE FLAGELLIN IN VIVO -- CHIRALITY OF THE FILAMENTS -- POLYMORPHIC TRANSFORMATION MECHANISM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HIGHLY STABLE POLYMERIZED LIPID MEMBRANES FOR ION CHANNEL RECORDINGS -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION.

a. Artificial Membrane Assemblies -- b. Black Lipid Membranes (BLMs) -- c. Membrane Stability -- II. METHODS OF STABILIZATION -- a. Miniaturization -- b. Encapsulation and Supported BLMs -- c. Droplet Interface Bilayers -- d. Poly (Lipids) and Triblock Copolymers -- III. POLY (BIS-DENPC) BLMS -- a. Pipet Fabrication and Modification -- b. BLM Formation -- c. Characterization of Electrical Properties -- d. Electrical Properties of Pure Lipid BLMs -- e. Stability -- IV. α-Hemolysin Activity in Poly (LIPID) BLMS -- V. ALAMETHICIN ACTIVITY IN POLY (BIS-DENPC) / DPHPC LIPID MIXTURES -- a. Alamethicin Activity in Unpolymerized BLMs -- b. IC Activity in BLMs Polymerized Following Alamethicin Insertion -- c. IC Activity in BLMs Polymerized Before Alamethicin Insertion -- d. Alamethicin Activity After BLM Storage For 1-3 Days -- VII. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MOLECULARY ORBITAL GAP STUDIES IN TUNNELING SINGLE MOLECULAR DEVICES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- FITTING STRATEGY AND CONSIDERATIONS, AND DEFINITION OF TUNNELING PARAMETERS -- SECTION 1. TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT BARRIER CROSSOVER REGIME IN TUNNELING SINGLE MOLECULAR DEVICES. -- Results, Section 1. -- DISCUSSION OF SECTION 1. -- SECTION 2. PROBING MOLECULAR ENERGY GAP BY ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS -- 3.2. Results, Section 2. -- 3.3. Discussion of Section 2. -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MESOSCOPIC SELF-ASSEMBLY OF TRIMETHINE CYANINE DYE IN SOLUTION: ELECTROLYTE-INDUCED CONVERSION IN THEIR SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MICROSCOPY FOR MESOSCOPIC MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY -- 2.1. Fluorescence Microscopy -- 2.2. Polarized-Light Microscopy (PLM) -- 2.3. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL -- 3.1. Materials -- 3.2. Methods -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Spectroscopic Study.

4.1.1. Spectroscopic Characterization for the Self-Assembly of TCC Dye in Aqueous Solution in the Absence of Electrolytes -- 4.1.2. Spectroscopic Characterization for the Self-Assembly of TCC Dye in Aqueous Solution in the Presence of Electrolytes -- 4.2. Morphological Study -- 4.2.1. Mesoscopic Fibrous Structure of the HL- and J-Aggregates -- 4.2.2. Mesoscopic Rod-Like Structure of the HS- and J-Aggregates Induced by Electrolyte Additions -- 4.2.3 Quantitative Birefringence Determination of the HS-Aggregate -- 4.3. Electrolyte-Induced Conversion in the Dye Supramolecular Structures: Countercation Size Specificity -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SUPRAMOLECULAR HELICES FORM SELF-ASSEMBLED SHORT PEPTIDES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SUPRAMOLECULAR SINGLE HELIX -- 2.1. Dipeptide Helix -- 2.2.Tripeptide Helix -- 2.3.Tetrapeptide Helix -- 2.4. Pentapeptide Helix -- 2.5. Hexapeptide Helix -- 3. DOUBLE HELIX ASSEMBLY -- 2.1. From Dipeptide -- 2.2. From Tripeptide -- 4. SELF-ASSEMBLE TRIPLE HELIX -- 4.1. From Tetrapeptide -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.