title: Long, Multicenter Bonding--A New Concept for Supramolecular Materials.
abstract: A new concept for constructing supramolecular architectures is discussed. In addition to van der Waals and hydrogen-bonding intermolecular interactions that primarily account for supramolecular structures for all materials lacking extended 3D network structures, directional, long, multicenter bonding that can occur for anionic, cationic, neutral, and zwitterionic radicals and can direct intermolecular recognition through π interactions and form extended network supramolecular structural motifs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850 (USA), Fax: (+1) 801 581 8433. jsmiller@chem.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Miller
keywords: bonding; extended structures; supramolecular chemistry