From Simplicity to Complexity in Chemistry - and Beyond: Part One

Achim Müller; Andreas Dress; Fritz Vögtle

ISBN 10: 3540670386 / ISBN 13: 9783540670384

Published by Vieweg, 1996

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Hardcover, xii + 295 pages, NOT ex-library. Previous owner's squiggle in upper corner of the title page, else interior is very good: clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show gentle storage wear and sunned spine. A corrective ISBN sticker on the back. Published without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 From Molecular Systems to More Complex Ones: Some Preliminary Ideas [General Aspects; Complexity in Systems far from Equilibrium; Taking Complexity of Conservative Systems into Account and a Model System Demonstrating the Creation of Molecular Complexity by Stepwise Self-Assembly; System of High Complexity: Human Society; Supplement]; - Organization, Information and Codes in Biological Systems: - 2 Entropies and Lexicographic Analysis of Biosequences [Introduction; Entropies of Biosequences; Detecting Long-range Correlations in Symbol Sequences; Long-range Correlations in DNA Sequences; Linguistic Concept] 3 Coding Coenzyme Handles and the Origin of the Genetic Code [Origin of Coding Amino Acid Handles; Specific Aminoacylation of Handles; Extension of the Amino Acid Vocabulary; Evolution of the Coding Machinery; Role of Complementary Strands in Coding and Translation; Avoiding the Error Catastrophe of Translation] 4 RNA Replication and Evolution [Mechanism of RNA Replication; Quantitative Determination of Selection Rate Values; Mutation Rates and Mutant Frequencies; Structural Requirements of RNA Replication; RNA Replication Catalyzed by RNA Polymerase; Template-free RNA Synthesis]; - Organization of Chemical Systems: - 5 DNA Binding and Bending by two different Proteins: Factor for Inversion Stimulation (FIS) and Tetracycline Repressor (TetR) [Biological Significance of FIS and TetR; General Principles of Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure; Three-dimensional Structure of FIS; 3D Structure of Tetracycline Repressor (TetR)] 6 Function Based on Organization and Recognition: From 'Complicated' Biological Systems to 'Simple' Synthetic Systems [Phospholipase A2; Complementary System of Barbituric Acid Lipids and 2,4,6-Triaminopyrimidine (TAP)] 7 Self-Organization of Molecules en Route to Crystal Formation [Nucleation Inhibitors; Crystal Nucleation Promotors; Oriented Crystallization of [alpha]-Glycine under [alpha]-Amino Acid Monolayers; Induced Nucleation of Ice by Monolayers of Aliphatic Alcohols] 8 Towards Molecular Devices [Molecular Shuttles; Towards the Electrochemical & Photochemical Control of Molecular Shuttles] 9 Non-Covalent Interactions Between Aromatic Molecules [[pi-pi] Interactions in a Simple Chemical System; General Model for [pi-pi] Interactions; Experimental Evidence for the Model; Effect of Polarization by Heteroatoms; [pi-pi] Interactions in a Complex Biological System] 10 Design, Syntheses, and Supramolecular Chemistry of Smart Cascade Polymers [Syntheses of Cascade Macromolecules; Supramolecular Chemistry of the Unimolecular Micelles]; - From Molecules to Materials: - 11 Polyoxometallate Cluster Anions [Principles of Formation and Structure; Keggin Anion and Lacunary Structures; Assembly of Larger Polyoxometallates from Lacunary Structures; Very Large Polyoxomolybdates] 12 At the Boundary of the Metallic State [Synthetic Aspects; Electronic Properties] 13 Physical Properties of High-Nuclearity Metal Cluster Compounds: Model Systems for Uniform-sized Metal Particles [Fundamental Physical Questions; Some Results of the Physical Studies] 14 Towards Nanoscale Molecular Magnetic Materials [Synthetic Strategies to Nanoscale Magnetic Molecular Materials; Magnetic Properties of Large Spin Clusters; Polyoxovanadates(IV); Poly-Iron Oxo Complexes; Poly-Manganese Oxo Complexes]; - Some Reflections on Simple Systems and More Complex Ones: - 15 Philosophische Aspekte der Chemie - Ihr Wesen: Universalität & Beständigkeit des Wandels 16 Über systemtheoretische Grundlagen der Gesellschaftstheorie; Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Simplicity to Complexity in Chemistry - and Beyond: Part One
• Publisher: Vieweg
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540670386
• ISBN 13: 9783540670384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In this exciting and rapid development reflecting book twelve of the participants at the Symposium "From Simple Material Systems to Complex Ones" - "From Information to Structure" give a general view of todays knowledge with respect to multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research in chemistry and science in general. How to analyse e. g. non-covalent interactions in the case of molecular recognitions or selfreplication, how to build up e. g. clusters and self-assembled molecules or how, in general, a knowledge of simple systems, acquired by the instruments of natural science research can be transferred to (more) complex systems and be utilized to improve our understanding, even of society was discussed by experts on chemical subjects like biochemistry, structure analysis, supramolecular chemistry and cluster formation up to biophysics, social sciences and philosophy.