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Title
Toward self-organization and complex matter.
Authors
Lehn, Jean-Marie
Abstract
Beyond molecular chemistry based on the covalent bond, supramolecular chemistry aims at developing highly complex chemical systems from components interacting through noncovalent intermolecular forces. Over the past quarter century, supramolecular chemistry has grown into a major field and has fueled numerous developments at the interfaces with biology and physics. Some of the conceptual advances and future challenges are profiled here.
Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2002, Vol 295, Issue 5564, p2400