Action D31

Organising Non-Covalent Chemical Systems with Selected Functions

3rd Workshop, 28-31 March 2007, Athens, Greece

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 28th March (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
17:30 - 18:30 Registration
18:30 - 18:45 Welcome address from the Director of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Professor Dimitrios Kyriakidis
18:45 - 19:00 Opening Remarks by the D31 Chair, Professor Christina Moberg
19:00 - 20:00 Plenary Lecture
Chair : Christina Moberg (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Edwin C. Constable (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Feeling flat ... supramolecular chemistry in two dimensions"
20:00 - 21:00 Reception


Thursday 29th March (National Centre for Scientific Research "Democritos")
10:00-10:30 Welcome address by the Director of NCSR Democritos, Dr. Dimitris Niarchos
10:30-11:30 Plenary Lecture
Chair : Constantinos Paleos (National Centre for Scientific Research "Democritos")
Helmut Ringsdorf (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany)
"How to bridge the gap between materials science and life science: Nanomedicine a catchword or a chance? Tissue and cell specific polymer antitumor agents from lab to clinic."
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
Chair : Miklòs Simonyi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
12:00-12:35 WG-0001-04
"Optical and electro-active molecular wires organised by aqueous cyclodextrin-assembly of metallounits"
Overview : Irene Mavridis (NCSR Democritos)
Presentation : Konstantina Yannakopoulou (NCSR Democritos)
"Modified cyclodextrins for nano- and bio-technological applications"
12:35-13:10 WG-0003-04
"Metal-mediated nanoscopic assemblies of chromophores for molecular electronics, light energy conversion, and molecular recognition"
Overview & Presentation : Enzo Alessio (Università di Trieste, Italy)
13:10-14:40 Lunch/Poster Session
Chair : Gorazd Veznaver (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
14:40-15:10 Invited Lecture
Udo Brinker (Universität Wien, Austria)
"Supramolecular carbene and nitrene chemistry"
15:10-15:45 WG-0004-04
"Thermodynamically controlled macrocyclizations: size and shape selection from dynamic libraries through template effects"
Overview : Jonathan Nitschke (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
Presentation : Jonathan Nitschke (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
"Construction, substitution, and sorting via subcomponent self-assembly"
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
Chair : Per Carlsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)
16:15-16:50 WG-0018-05
"Unfolding structure and energetics of guanidinium binding: the anatomy of an important supramolecular anchor group by concerted theoretical and experimental approaches"
Overview & Presentation : Carsten Schmuck (Universität Würzburg, Germany)
16:50-17:25 WG-0008-04
"Functional helicates"
Overview : Nicholas Fletcher (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)
Presentation : Raymond Ziessel (Strasbourg, France)
"Self-assembled nanostructures as core for liquid crystals and gels"
17:25-18:00 WG-0011-04
"Towards bio-inspired photoaddressable supramolecular systems, light-emission, dynamics, biomedical application"
Overview : Holger Stephan (Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany)
Presentation : Peter Belser (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Transfer of chirality: from optical active metal complexes to chiral helicates"
18:00-18:35 WG-0012-04
"New materials for anion sensing"
Overview : Ana Costero (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Presentation : Barbara Wandelt (Politechnika Lodzka, Poland)
"Molecularly imprinted thin polymer film with fluorescent receptor"


Friday 30th March (National Centre for Scientific Research "Democritos")
Chair : Kinga Suwinska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
9:30-10:05 WG-0013-04
"Dynamic combinatorial chemistry"
Overview : Stefan Kubik (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Presentation : Stefan Kubik (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
"Why are certain cyclopeptides so efficient anion hosts?"
10:05-10:40 WG-0014-05
"Synthesis beyond the redox-active tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) molecule: From a topological control in TTF-based macrocycles, towards functional chemical systems"
Overview : Marc Sallé (Laboratoire de Chimie, Ingénierie Moléculaire et Matériaux d’Angers, France)
Presentation : Peter J. Skabara (University of Manchester, UK)
"The role of TTF in conjugated polymers: enhanced electroactivity and intrachain non-covalent interactions for high planarity"
10:40-11:15 WG-0016-05
"Non-covalent interactions between functional abiotic receptors and ion pairs"
Overview : Antonella Dalla Cort (Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
Presentation : Kari Rissanen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
"Ion-pair Recognition by Uranyl Salophens"
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:45 Plenary Lecture
Chair : Luigi Mandolini (Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
Auguste Commeyras (Université de Montpellier, France)
"From the origin of life to lysine dendri-graft"
12:45-14:15 Lunch/Poster Session
Chair : Israel Goldberg (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
14:15-15:00 Invited Lecture
David N. Reinhoudt (Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands)
"Molecular printboards; from supramoleuclar chemistry to nanofabrication"
15:00-15:35 WG-0017-05
"Molecular tectonics approach of porous crystalline materials"
Overview : Alessandro Casnati (Università di Parma, Italy)
Presentation : Javier de Mendoza (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona, Spain)
"Large molecular hosts for recognition and self-assembly"
15:35-16:10 WG-0006-04
"Photophysical, sensing, and chiroptical properties of non-covalent molecular assemblies"
Overview : Mike Ward (University of Sheffield, UK)
Presentation : Mike Ward (University of Sheffield, UK)
"[Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- and its derivatives as components of photoactive supramolecular assemblies"
16:10-16:40 Coffee Break
Chair : Jérôme Lacour (Université de Genève)
16:40-17:15 WG-0020-05
"Transcription of bioinspired and designed functional modules into nanostructured smart gels"
Overview : Jean-Luc Pozzo (Department of Supramolecular Chemistry, Biomimetism & Nanoscience, Talence, France)
Presentation : Jan van Esch (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Orthogonal self-assembly of hydrogelators and surfactants: towards new multicompartment nanoarchitectures"
17:15-17:50 WG-0021-05
"Novel and specific anion receptors for use in sensor technology"
Overview : Wim DeHaen (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Presentation : Wouter Maes (University of Leuven, Belgium)
"Heteracalixarenes based on pyrimidine"
17:50-18:00 Closing remarks
20:00 Social Dinner


Saturday 31st March (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
10:00-13:00 Management Committee and Mid-Term Evaluation Meeting
13:00 Lunch