Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

DNA is traditionally known as a central genetic biomolecule in living systems. From an
alternative perspective, DNA is a versatile molecular building-block for the construction of …

The binding of small molecule metallodrugs to discrete regions of nucleic acids is an
important branch of medicinal chemistry and the nature of these interactions, allied with …

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 …

The clinical success of the platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents has prompted the
investigation of coordination and organometallic complexes of alternative metal centers for …

Increasing numbers of DNA structures are being revealed using biophysical, spectroscopic
and genomic methods. The diversity of transition metal complexes is also growing, as the …

In the last few decades, coordination complexes based on d6 metal centres and polypyridyl
ligand architectures been developed as structure-and site-specific reversible DNA binding …

Metal ions and metal complexes with organic molecules are ubiquitous in nature. Bulk metal
ions of Na, K, Mg, and Ca constitute as much as 1% of human body weight. The remaining …

Medicinal inorganic chemistry can exploit the unique properties of metal ions for the design
of new drugs. This has, for instance, led to the clinical application of chemotherapeutic …

In the supramolecular chemistry field, coordination-driven self-assembly has provided the
basis for tremendous growth across many subdisciplines, spanning from fundamental …