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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.
List of contents
1 From Molecular Systems to More Complex Ones: Some Preliminary Ideas.- 1.1 General Aspects.- 1.2 Complexity in Systems far from Equilibrium.- 1.3 Taking Complexity of Conservative Systems into Account and a Model System Demonstrating the Creation of Molecular Complexity by Stepwise Self-Assembly.- 1.4 A System of High Complexity: Human Society.- 1.5 Supplement.- Organization, Information and Codes in Biological Systems.- 2 Entropies and Lexicographic Analysis of Biosequences.- 3 Coding Coenzyme Handles and the Origin of the Genetic Code.- 4 RNA Replication and Evolution.- Organization of Chemical Systems.- 5 DNA Binding and Bending by two different Proteins: Factor for Inversion Stimulation (FIS) and Tetracycline Repressor (TetR).- 6 Function Based on Organization and Recognition: From "Complicated" Biological Systems to "Simple" Synthetic Systems.- 7 Self-Organization of Molecules en Route to Crystal Formation.- 8 Towards Molecular Devices.- 9 Non-Covalent Interactions Between Aromatic Molecules.- 10 Design, Syntheses, and Supramolecular Chemistry of Smart Cascade Polymers.- From Molecules to Materials.- 11 Polyoxometallate Cluster Anions.- 12 At the Boundary of the Metallic State.- 13 Physical Properties of High-nuclearity Metal Cluster Compounds: Model Systems for Uniform-sized Metal Particles.- 14 Towards Nanoscale Molecular Magnetic Materials.- Some Reflections on Simple Systems and More Complex Ones.- 15 Philosophische Aspekte der Chemie - Ihr Wesen: Universalität und Beständigkeit des Wandels.- 16 Über systemtheoretische Grundlagen der Gesellschaftstheorie.- References.- Authors.
Summary
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.
