＜新刊紹介＞ Organic Nanomaterials｜有機ナノ材料の合成・分析から応用までを広くカバー、色素増感型太陽電池のグレッツェル教授ら各分野を代表する執筆陣（9月刊行）

Organic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Applications
　Tomas Torres, Giovanni Bottari
　ISBN: 978-1-118-01601-5
　Hardcover / 638 pages / September 2013

有機ナノ材料は、太陽電池や液晶、医用材料など広範な分野への応用可能性が注目され、活発な研究が行われているホットな分野です。本書はポルフィリン、ナノ構造炭素材料、刺激応答性単分子膜など多岐にわたる材料を取り上げ、その原理・合成法・分析法から具体的な応用まで、最新の知識に基づいて総合的・学際的に論じます。

編集を担当するのは、フタロシアニンの研究で名高いスペインUniversidad Autónoma de MadridのTomas Torres教授と、同教授に師事する若手化学者Giovanni Bottari博士の二人です。各章の寄稿者にも、各分野を代表する研究者が名前を連ね、例えば色素増感型太陽電池に関するChapter 26には、同電池の発明者で「グレッツェルセル」の名前にもなっているローザンヌ工科大のMichael Gratzel教授が自ら執筆に加わっています。そのほか大阪大・福住 俊一教授、筑波大・小島 隆彦教授 (Chapter 6)、福井工大・小松 紘一教授、京都大・村田 靖次郎教授 (Chapter 11)、分子科学研・永瀬茂名誉教授、筑波大・赤阪 健教授 (Chapter 12)ら、各主題を専門とする著名な日本人研究者も寄稿者として参加し、本書の質の高さを保証しています。

　本書の目次　

Chapter 1. A Proposed Taxonomy and Classification Strategy for Well Defined, Soft Matter Nanoscale Building Blocks
Donald Tomalia and Jørn Bolstad Christensen

Chapter 2. On the Role of Hydrogen-Bonding in the Nanoscale Organization of π-Conjugated Materials
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning and David González-Rodríguez

Chapter 3. Chiral Organic Nanomaterials
David B. Amabilino

Chapter 4. Biochemical Nanomaterials Based on Poly(ε-caprolactone)
Irakli Javakhishvili and Søren Hvilsted

Chapter 5. Self-Assembled Porphyrin Nanostructures and their Potential Applications
John A. Shelnutt and Craig J. Medforth

Chapter 6. Nanostructures and Electron-Transfer Functions of Nonplanar Porphyrins
Shunichi Fukuzumi and Takahiko Kojima

Chapter 7. Tweezers and Macrocycles for the Molecular Recognition of Fullerenes
David Canevet, Emilio M. Pérez and Nazario Martín

Chapter 8. Covalent, Donor-Acceptor Ensembles based on Phthalocyanines and Carbon Nanostructures
Giovanni Bottari, Maxence Urbani and Tomás Torres

Chapter 9. Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Supramolecular Carbon Nanotube Materials Decorated with Photoactive Sensitizers
Francis D’Souza, Atula S. D. Sandanayaka and Osamu Ito

Chapter 10. Interfacing Porphyrins/Phthalocyanines with Carbon Nanotubes
Juergen Bartelmeß and Dirk M. Guldi

Chapter 11. Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes Encapsulating Helium, Dihydrogen, and Water
Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata, and Koichi Komatsu

Chapter 12. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Endohedral Metallofullerenes as Promising Carbon Nanomaterials
Michio Yamada, Xing Lu, Lai Feng, Satoru Sato, Yuta Takano, Shigeru Nagase and Takeshi Akasaka

Chapter 13. An Update on Electrochemical Characterization and Potential Applications of Carbon Materials
Fang-Fang Li, Adrián Villalta-Cerdas, Lourdes E. Echegoyen and Luis Echegoyen

Chapter 14. Solvating Insoluble Carbon Nanostructures
Molecular Dynamics by Matteo Calvaresi and Francesco Zerbetto

Chapter 15. Inorganic Capsules: Redox-Active Guests in Metal Cages
Andrew Macdonell and Leroy Cronin

Chapter 16. Stimuli-Responsive Monolayers
Francesca A. Scaramuzzo, Mario Barteri, Pascal Jonkheijm and Jurriaan Huskens

Chapter 17. Self-Assembled Monolayers as Model Biosurfaces
Anna Laromaine and Charles R. Mace

Chapter 18. Low Dimensionality Effects in Organic Field Effect Transistors
Stefano Casalini, Tobias Cramer, Francesca Leonardi, Massimiliano Cavallini and Fabio Biscarini

Chapter 19. The Growth of Organic Nanomaterials by Molecular Self-Assembly at Solid Surfaces
José Maria Gallego, Roberto Otero and Rodolfo Miranda

Chapter 20. Biofunctionalized Surfaces
Marisela Vélez

Chapter 21. Carbon Nanotube Derivatives as Anticancer Drug Delivery Systems
Chiara Fabbro, Tatiana Da Ros and Maurizio Prato

Chapter 22. Porous Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Henning Lülf, André Devaux, Eko Adi Prasetyanto and Luisa De Cola

Chapter 23. Dicationic Gemini Nanoparticle Design for Gene Therapy
Mahmoud Elsabahy, Ildiko Badea, Ronald Verrall, McDonald Donkuru and Marianna Foldvari

Chapter 24. Sensing Hg(II) Ions in Water: From Molecules to Nanostructured Molecular Materials
Imma Ratera, Alberto Tárraga, Pedro Molina and Jaume Veciana

Chapter 25. Organic Nanomaterials for Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Pavel A. Troshin and Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

Chapter 26. Mesoscopic Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jaejung Ko and Michael Grätzel