In 1893, Alfred Werner described the structure of octahedral transition metal complexes and
provided the basis for assigning coordination number and oxidation state to what were then …

Fascination with supramolecular chemistry over the past few decades has led to the
synthesis of an ever-increasing number of elegant and intricate functional structures with …

Rapid advances and widespread interest in the study of macromolecules of nanoscopic
dimensions is a recent phenomenon. Nanostructure science and supramolecular chemistry …

Synthetic organic chemists enjoy the luxury of having a large collection of reliable reactions
at their disposal for preparing small molecules, mesoscopic structures, and polymers …

Since the beginning of science in the ancient world the symmetry of objects has always
fascinated the human mind. Over two millennia ago Greek philosophers discovered how …

Owing to the reversible, directional and predictable nature of metal–ligand coordination,
coordination-driven self-assembly has emerged as a powerful bottom-up strategy for …

One of the strategic goals of the modern automobile manufacturing industry is to replace
gasoline and diesel with alternative fuels such as natural gas. In this report, we elucidate the …

In recent years, the coordination chemistry of chelated ligands contain-ing mixed
functionalities on transition metal centers has been an extremely active area of research. In …

Metallosupramolecular squares have been successfully evolved over the past years as
versatile substitutes of the conventional organic macrocycles owing to the development of …

We present a combination of theory and experiment designed to elucidate the properties of
gold nanoshells. Wet chemistry methods are used to prepare the nanoshells, and …