The combination of supramolecular chemistry, inorganic solids, andnanotechnology has already led to significant advances in manyareas such as sensing, controlled motion, and delivery. By makingpossible an unprecedented tunability of the properties ofnanomaterials, these techniques open up whole new areas ofapplication for future supramolecular concepts. The SupramolecularChemistry of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials gatherscurrent knowledge on the subject and provides an overview of thepresent state and upcoming challenges in this rapidly growing,highly cross- or interdisciplinary research field.The book details how these designed materials can improveexisting materials or generate novel functional features such aschemical amplification, cooperative binding and signal enhancementthat are difficult or not at all achievable by classical organicsupramolecular chemistry. It also discusses issues related tonanofabrication or nanotechnology such as the directed andcontrolled assembly or disassembly, biomimetic functions andstrategies, and the gating and switching of surface functions ormorphology.

Preface.Editors and Contributors.1. Hybrid (Nano)Materials Meet Supramolecular Chemistry: A BriefIntroduction To Basic Terms And Concepts (Knut Rurack andRamón Martínez-Máñez).2. Supramolecular Chemistry at the Mesoscale (KatsuhikoAriga, Gary J. Richards, Jonathan P. Hill, Ajayan Vinu, andToshiyuki Mori).Part One Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials.3. Silica-Based Mesoporous Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials(Frank Hoffmann and Michael Fröba).4. Modified Gold Nanoparticles and Surfaces (Paolo Pengo andLucia Pasquato).5. Organically Functionalized Semiconductor Nanocrystals:Synthesis, Properties and System Design for OptoelectronicApplications (Peter Reiss, Julia De Girolamo and AdamPron).6. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Bioapplications(Lingrong Gu, Fushen Lu, Pengju G. Luo, Haifang Wang, MohammedJ. Meziani, and Ya-Ping Sun).7. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Coordination Polymers(Shin-Ichiro Noro and Susumu Kitagawa).Part Two Improvement of Signaling and Sensing by Organizationon Surfaces.8. Nanoparticle and Biomolecular-Nanoparticle HybridSupramolecular Complexes for Electrochemical Signaling (RonenPolsky, Jason C. Harper and Susan M. Brozik).9. Modified Nanoparticles as Nanoelectrocatalysts and AmplifyingSensors (Shaojun Guo, Erkang Wang and Xiurong Yang).10. Signal Generation with Gold Nanoparticles: PhotophysicalProperties for Sensor and Imaging Applications (Qingshan Wei andAlexander Wei).11. Optical Signaling with Silica Nanoparticles (FabrizioMancin, Paolo Tecilla, and Umberto Tonellato).12. Organically Modified Quantum Dots in Chemical andBiochemical Analysis (María Teresa FernándezArgüelles, José M. Costa-Fernández, Rosario Pereiroand Alfredo Sanz-Medel).Part Three Control of Supramolecular Nanofabrication, Motion,and Morphology.13. Chemically Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Structureson Surfaces (Xing Yi Ling, David N. Reinhoudt and JurriaanHuskens).14. Immobilization and Patterning of Biomolecules on Surfaces(Dorota I. Rozkiewicz, Bart Jan Ravoo, and David N.Reinhoudt).15. Switchable Host-Guest Chemistry on Surfaces (Jilie Kong,Chunming Jiang and Li Mu).16. Nanogated Mesoporous Silica Materials (Igor I. Slowing,Brian G. Trewyn, and Victor S.-Y. Lin).17. Building Molecular Machines on Surfaces (Alberto Credi,Serena Silvi, and Margherita Venturi).18. Control of Morphology in Mesoporous and MesostructuredHybrid Materials (Darren Dunphy, Bernd Smarsly, and C. JeffreyBrinker).Part Four Biomimetic Chemistry.19. Biomimetically Inspired Signaling (Knut Rurack,Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Félix Sancenónand Ana B. Descalzo).20. Imprinted Functionalized Silica (Maryanne M.Collinson).21. Bioinspired Block Copolymer-Based Hybrid Materials(Marleen Kamperman and Ulrich Wiesner).Part Five Interfacial Chemistry, Multifunctionality, andInterdisciplinarity.22. Emerging Concepts in Interfacial Chemistry of HybridMaterials: Nanocontainer-Based Self-Healing Coatings (Dmitry G.Shchukin, Daria V. Andreeva, Katja Skorb, and HelmuthMöhwald).23. Molecular Schizophrenics: Switchable Materials with MultipleFunctions (Robert Byrne and Dermot Diamond).24. Hybrid Nanomaterials Research: Is It ReallyInterdisciplinary? (Ismael Rafols, Martin Meyer, and Jae-HwanPark).25. Supramolecular Chemistry Meets Hybrid (Nano)Materials: A Brief Look Ahead (Knut Rurack and RamónMartínez-Máñez).Appendix 1.Index.