Cyclodextrin Materials Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photobiology

Cyclodextrin Materials Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photobiology provides to the scientific community the state-of-the art on photochemistry, photophysics and photobiology of cyclodextrin complexes in one book, and the chapters material will trigger further research in applied science connected to these small nanocapsules.

The chapters contain a large number of information of value not only to readers working in the field of cyclodextrins, but also to researchers working on related areas like those of supramolecular chemistry, nanochemistry, and in general in nano- and biotechnology.

* 14 Chapters reviewed by specialists working in the field
* Chapters are ordered from simple to more complex systems and techniques providing developments in the field and its future
* Of interest to a multidisciplinary audience working in confined nanostructures

Chapter 1. Fluorescence Methods for Study of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexation and Excitation Transfers in Cyclodextrin Complexes (Joon Woo Park).

Chapter 2. The Effect of Cyclodextrins on Guest Fluorescence (B.D. Wagner).

Chapter 3. Measurement of Chiral Recognition in Cyclodextrins by Fluorescence Anisotropy (M.E. McCarroll, I.W. Kimaru).

Chapter 4. Phochemistry and Photophysics of Cyclodextrin Caged Dugs: Relevance to their Stability and Efficiency (M. El-Kemary, A. Douhal).

Chapter 5. Excited State Properties of Higher order Cyclodextrin Complexes (S. Monti, P. Bortolus).

Chapter 6. Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes: Triplet State and Phosphorescence (Wei Jun Jin).

Chapter 7. Quantum-Mechanical and Molecular Mechanics Studies of Host-Guest Stabilization and Reactivity in Cyclodextrin Nanocavities (M. Moreno).

Chapter 8. Fast and Ultrafast Dynamics in Cyclodextrin Nanostructures (A. Douhal).

Chapter 9. Structural Characterization of Colloidal Cyclodextrins: Molecular Recognition by means of Photophysical Investigation (A. Mazzaglia).

Chapter 10. Functional Cyclodextrin Systems: From Spectrophotometric Studies to Photophysical and Photochemical Behaviors (Yu Liu et al.).

Chapter 11. Supramolecular Photochirogenesis with Cyclodextrin (Cheng Yang, Yoshihisa Inoue).

Chapter 12. Chemosensors for Detecting Molecules Using Modified Cyclodextrins and Cyclodextrin-Peptide Conjugates (Hiroshi Ikeda, Akihiko Ueno).

Chapter 13. Cyclodextrin-based Rotaxanes (He Tian, Qiao-Chun Wang).

Chapter 14. Biochemical and Physical Stimuli-triggered Cyclodextrin Release from Biodegradable Polyrotaxanes and those Hydrogels (Tooru Ooya).