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In the last two decades, the area of supramolecular chemistry [1] has developed at an impressive rate, first focussing on the creation of new molecules and new assemblies through noncovalent bonds to create remarkable molecules and supermolecules. However, chemists are not only the architects of wonderful static molecular structures but they are naturally interested to make them work or properly assemble to realize new molecular engines, whatever their functions may be. So, recently much attention is being directed toward the functions and applications of the supramolecular objects [2]. Much impetus struck novel fast developing areas, such as that of material science, as well old ones but with a new light and from a different perspective. The latter aspect is quite relevant in the area of life sciences. Supramolecular interactions form the basis of processes that occur in biology and one of the problems from the start was related to the possible reductive convergence to one novel branch of the “old” biomimetic chemistry [3]. Instead, chemists used the supramolecular concepts to understand biological events, such as the aggregation of lipids and membrane formation which had been largely neglected, and, by joining their efforts with biochemists, they helped to fill the cultural gap between chemistry and biochemistry with exciting perspectives. However, the affinity between supramolecular sciences and life sciences is unavoidably strong and it is in particular suggestive of the many functions that supramolecular systems can perform.
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Scrimin, P., Tecilla, P., Tonellato, U. (2000). Supramolecular Functions of Designed Transition Metal Ion Complexes. In: Fabbrizzi, L., Poggi, A. (eds) Chemistry at the Beginning of the Third Millennium. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04154-3_4
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