Cucurbiturils and Related Macrocycles, Hardcover

Since the discovery of the first cucurbituril, the field has seen tremendous growth with respect to the synthesis of new homologues and derivatives. This book provides a complete overview of cucurbituril chemistry, covering the fundamental aspects including its history, synthesis, host-guest chemistry and the thermodynamic basis thereof. Edited by a pioneer of cucurbituril chemistry, and with contributions from global experts, this title will appeal to students and researchers working in supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry, nanotechnology, organic chemistry, biochemistry and chemical biology.

Kimoon Kim studied chemistry at Seoul National University (BS, 1976), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (MS, 1978), and Stanford University (PhD, 1986). After two-years of postdoctoral work at Northwestern University, he joined POSTECH where he is now a Distinguished University Professor. Recently, he was appointed as director of Center for Self-assembly and Complexity, Institute for Basic Science. He is a pioneer of cucurbituril chemistry publishing 130 papers on this topic since the mid-1990s. His current research focuses on developing novel functional materials and systems based on supramolecular chemistry.