title: Chemical synthesis gets a fillip from molecular recognition and self-assembly processes.
abstract: By drawing on nature conceptually, the practice of chemical synthesis can now be broadened in scope to include the supramolecular synthesis of supermolecules and their postassembly covalent modification to form mechanically interlocked molecules, which the chemist can use to build functioning nanosystems after the style of those found in the living world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. stoddart@chem.ucla.edu
authors.forename: J Fraser
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart
authors.forename: Hsian-Rong
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances