Membranes and Molecular Assemblies is an inspiring, illustrated text in glorious full colour. Now available in soft, as well as hardcover, it contains 118 colour illustrations and a further 70 in black and white. Great care has been taken to choose graphics that illustrate difficult concepts.

The book describes the wealth of membrane structures realized by chemists mainly within the last two decades - micelles, vesicles, fibres, and surface monolayers - from the point of view of supramolecular chemistry. It puts new emphasis on 'synkinetic' procedures for the preparation of non-covalent assemblies as well as their structural characterization by electron microscopy, solid state NMR spectroscopy, and comparison to X-ray crystal structures.

The supramolecular structure of well-defined molecular assemblies and their use as complex reaction systems is also emphasized. Stereoselective surface recognition, asymmetric membranes, vectorial photoreactions, solid molecular bilayers in the form of

tubules or helical rods, and sealable nanopores in membranes or on electrode surfaces are a few outstanding examples. In addition, the importance of well-defined gaps on surfaces and within membranes and crystals is discussed in context for the first time.

Contents
Synkinesis and Synkinons of supramolecular Assemblies; Syntheses of Synkinons for Supramolecular Assemblies; Micelles and Microemulsions; Molecular Monolayer and Bilayer Vesicle Membranes; Binding Interactions in Micellar and Vesicular Fibres; Molecular Recognition and Nanopores in Surface Monolayers; Amphiphilic Crystals and Hydrogen Bonded Co-Crystals; Subject Index