title: Chemistry in confining reaction fields with special emphasis on nanoporous materials.
abstract: The everyday routine of most chemists is dictated by large numbers. The chemical rules for ensembles of molar size (N approximately N(A)=6.022 x 10(23)) are well known and can be understood in most cases by using Boltzmann distribution. It is an interesting question how a small ensemble of a chemical system behaves and if it differs from the respective large-ensemble counterpart. The experimental approach presented in the current paper involves the division of a macroscopic volume into compartments that contain only a small number of reactants. The compartments represent the pores of tailor-made nanoporous materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. sebastian.polarz@uni-konstanz.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polarz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuschel