Design of Molecular Materials: Supramolecular Engineering

Preface.

Introduction: Systemic Chemistry.

Molecular Assemblies.

A Few Notions of Symmetry.

Supramolecular Engineering: Symmetry Aspects.

Symmetry and Physicochemical Properties: The Curie Principle.

Interactions and Organization in Molecular Media.

Molecular Semiconductors: Properties and Applications.

Molecular Dielectrics.

Industrial Applications of Molecular Materials.

Appendix 1: Main Symmetry Point Groups: Notation and Symbols.

Appendix 2: Tables of Characters of the Main Point Symmetry Groups.

Appendix 3: Group-Subgroup Relationships for the Crystallographic and Infinite Groups.

Appendix 4: Two-Dimensional (Monocolor) Space Groups.

Appendix 5: Isohedral Tilings.

Appendix 6: Isohedral Tilings Derived from the Topological Class [3^6].

Appendix 7: Isohedral Tilings Corresponding to a Given Site Symmetry.

Appendix 8: Piezoelectrical and Nonlinear Optical Tensor Coefficients.

Appendix 9: Irreducible Representations of the Group K_h.

Appendix 10: The Main Dyes and Pigments.

Index.