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List of Entries Included in the First Edition (first quarter 2004)

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Alkali Metal Cations in Biochemistry
Alkalides and Electrides
The Allosteric Effect
Amide and Urea Based Anion Receptors
Amino Acids: Applications
Anion-Directed Assembly
Annulenes
Anticrowns
Artificial Enzymes
Aurophilic Interactions
Biological Ligands
Biological Models and Their Characteristics
Biomaterials
Biosensors
Bond-Stretch Isomerism
Brillouin Scattering
Calixarenes: Synthesis and Historical Perspectives
Calixarenes and Their Analogues: Cation Complexation
Calixarenes and Their Analogues: Molecular Complexation
The Cambridge Structural Database
Carbohydrates, Recognition of
Carbonic Anhydrase Models
Carboxypeptidase A
Carcerands and Hemicarcerands
Catalytic Antibodies
Catenanes and Other Interlinked Structures
Cation-π Interactions
Cavitands
Channel Inclusion Compounds
Chemical Topology
Chiral Guest Recognition
Chiral Induction
Classical Descriptions of Inclusion Compounds
Classification and Nomenclature of Supramolecular Compounds
Clathrate Hydrates
Clathrate Hydrates: Occurrence, Uses, and Problems
Collagens
Complexation of Fullerenes
Concave Reagents
Concepts in Crystal Engineering
Crown Ethers
Cryptands
Cryptophanes
Crystal Deconstruction
Crystal Engineering with Hydrogen Bonds
Crystal Growth Mechanisms
Crystal Structure Prediction
Crystalline Microporous Silicas
Cucurbituril: Its Homologues and Derivatives
Cyclodextrins
Cyclodextrins: Applications
Cyclophanes: Definition and Scope
Cyclophanes: Endoacidic, Endobasic, and Endolipophilic Cavities
Dendrimers
Deoxycholic, Cholic, and Apocholic Acids
The Diphenylmethane Moiety
Disorder and Diffuse Scattering
DNA as a Supramolecular Scaffold
DNA Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery
Drug Design
Dye Inclusion Crystals
Electrochemical Sensors
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Emergence of Life
Energy- and Electron-Transfer in Supramolecular Systems
Enzyme Mimics
Enzymes: Characteristics and Mechanisms
Fluorescent Sensing of Anions
Fluorescent Sensors
Fullerenes as Encapsulating Hosts: Preparation, Detection, and Structures of Endohedral Fullerenes
Gels
Glycoluril-Based Hosts
Gossypol
Guanidium-Based Anion Receptors
Halogen Bonding
Hemoglobins: O₂ Uptake and Transport
Hofmann-Type Clathrates
Homocalixarenes
Hydrogen Bonding
Hydrogen Bonds to Metals and Metal Hydrides
Hydrophobic Effects
Hydroquinone
Imaging and Targeting
Inclusion Compounds: Selectivity, Thermal Stability, and Kinetics
Inclusion Reactions and Polymerization
Incommensurate and Commensurate Structures
Induced Fit
Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Interpenetration
Ion Channels and Their Models
Ion Selective Electrodes
Ionic, Dipolar, and Interfacial Processes
Ionophores
Isostructurality of Inclusion Compounds
Kinetics of Complexation
Lariat Ethers
Layered Supramolecular Solids and Their Intercalates
Light Scattering
Liquid Clathrates
The Lock and Key Principle
Luminescent Materials
Luminescent Probes
Macrocycle Synthesis
Mesoporous Materials
Mesoporous Silicas and Silica-Organic Hybrids
Micelles and Vesicles
Mineralomimetic Structures
Models of O₂ Uptake and Transport
Modulated Structures
Molecular Clefts and Tweezers
Molecular Logic Gates
Molecular Modeling and Related Computational Techniques
Molecular Squares, Boxes, and Cubes
Molecular Switches
Molecular Wires
Molecular-Level Machines
Naked Anion Effect
Nanocasting Strategies and Porous Materials
Natural Strategies for the Molecular Engineer
Neutron Diffraction
Nomenclature in Crystal Engineering
Non-Linear Optical Materials
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy
Organic Zeolites
Organometallic Anion Receptors
Organometallic Oligomers and Polymers
Peptide Nanotubes
Phase Transfer Catalysis in Environmentally Benign Reaction Media
Phase Transitions in Clathrate Inclusion Compounds
Photochemical Sensors
Photophysical and Photochemical Methods
Phthalocyanines
π-π Interactions: Theory and Scope
π-π Stacking as a Crystal Engineering Tool
Platonic and Archimedean Solids
Podands
Polarity Formation: Markov Chain Model
Polymorphism
Porphyrin Derivatives, Functional
Porphyrin-based Clathrates
Preorganization and Complementarity
Protein Supramolecular Chemistry
Protonated Aza-macrocycles for Anion Complexation
Pyrrole and Polypyrrole-based Anion Receptors
Racks, Ladders, and Grids
Rotaxanes and Pseudorotaxanes
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Second-Sphere Coordination
Secondary Bonding
Selectivity: Thermodynamic and Kinetic
Self-Assembling Capsules
Self-Assembling Catenanes
Self-Assembly: Definition and Kinetic and Thermodynamic Considerations
Self-Assembly: Terminology
Self-Assembly in Biochemistry
Semiochemistry
Siderophores
Simultaneous Binding of Cations and Anions
Simultaneous Binding of Cations and Neutral Molecules
Soft/Smart Materials
Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Solid-State Reactivity/Topochemistry
Solvation Effects in Guest Binding
Solvatochromism
Space Groups and Crystal Packing Modes
Spherands
Spontaneous Formation of Homochiral Supramolecular Architectures
Stability Constants: Definition and Determination
Steroid-Based Anion Complexation Agents
Strict Self-Assembly and Self-Assembly with Covalent Modification
Strong Hydrogen Bonds
Structural Engineering in Organic-Inorganic Perovskites
Supermicroscopy: AFM, SNOM, and SXM
Supramolecular Chemistry: Definition
Supramolecular Electrochemistry
Supramolecular Isomerism
Supramolecular Libraries
Supramolecular Photochemistry
Supramolecular Polymers
Supramolecular Stabilization
Surfactants I: Fundamentals
Surfactants II: Applications
Swelling Clays (Smectites) and Nanofilms
Tectons: Definition and Scope
The Template Effect
Thiourea Inclusion Compounds
Torands
Tröger’s Base Derivatives
Unimolecular Electronics and Unimolecular Rectifiers
Urea Inclusion Compounds
van der Waals Forces
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Viruses as Host Assemblies
Vitamin B₁₂ and Heme Models
Weak Hydrogen Bonds
X-Ray Crystallography
X-Ray/Neutron Powder Diffraction
Zeolites: Catalysis
Zeolites: Separation Science
Zeolites: Structures and Inclusion Properties
Zeolites in the Petroleum Industry
Zinc-Containing Enzymes and Their Models
Zwitterion Receptors