Table of Contents

Self-assembly in chemical systems.- Hydrogen bonding in supramolecular functions.- New shapes for selective molecular recognition from calixarenes.- Calix[4]arenes, molecular platforms for supramolecular structures.- Molecules with large cavities. Selective complexation of inorganic and organic guests.- Multi-electron redox activity of supramolecular coordination compounds containing metallocyclam and ferrocene fragments.- New approaches to anion coordination chemistry. Acyclic quaternary polybipyridinium receptors designed to bind anionic guest species.- Supramolecular cyclophane chemistry.- New synthetic receptors for complexation and catalysis.- Unimolecular Micelles.- Ru(II) and/or Os(II) trimetallic complexes of tris(bipyri-dine) bridging ligands. Absorption spectra, luminescence properties, electrochemical behavior, and intercomponent energy transfer.- Kinetic and spectroscopic investigation of the influence of conformation and orbital-symmetry on long-range intramolecular donor-acceptor interaction.- Supramolecular arrays for the efficient conversion of light into chemical energy in the solid state.- Into the third dimension of coordination chemistry: towards starburst arrays.- Antenna effects and photoinduced electron transfer in polynuclear metal complexes.- Long-range electron and energy transfer in molecular assemblies.- Synthetic molecular knots.- Proton transfer photoreactions in supramolecular systems.- The optimization of photochemical energy conversion: synthetic supramolecular devices vis a vis photosynthesis.- Intramolecular electron transfer in donor acceptor systems linked by a flexible chain.- Attempts to mimic biomembrane processes: function of phospholipase A2 at lipid monolayers.- Photochemistry of crown ether styryl dyes.- Towards synthetic enzymes based on porphyrins and steroids.- Photophysical properties of thionine and methylene blue when bound to DNA, polynucleotides or nucleotides.- Structure and binding for cyclophane-arene complexes in water from Monte Carlo simulations.- Photoinduced electron transfer between intercalated molecules: using polynucleotides to self-assemble donor-acceptor systems.- Synthesis and properties of heterometal cubane-type clusters in ferredoxins.- Binding and catalysis in water.- Ferrocene as the central unit in novel, redox-sensitive ligands, monomers, and receptors.- Author index.

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