Molecular recognition: biotechnology, chemical engineering and materials applications --; molecular recognition: biotechnology, chemical engineering and materials applications --; contents --; preface --; molecular recognition of carboxylic acids and carboxylate anions by synthetic receptor --; abstract --; 1. introduction --; 2. synthetic receptor molecules for the sensing of carboxylate anions and carboxylic acids --; 2.1. macrocyclic polyamines --; 2.2. protonated heterocycles --; 2.3. receptors with guanidine and amidine functions 2.4. receptors containing urea and thiourea moieties 2.5. receptors containing amide group --; 2.6. receptor with amidopyridine fragment --; 2.7. metal-based receptors --; 2.8. receptors based on cyclodextrins and calixarenes --; conclusion --; acknowledgments --; references --; next generation molecular imprinted polymers: examples of liquid crystalline materials and hydrogels for protein recognition --; abstract --; introduction --; 1. liquid crystal mips --; i.1. chiral recognition in lc-mips --; i.2. catalytic lc-mips I.3. application to the recognition of pesticides ii. hydrogel mips for protein recognition --; ii.1. recent accomplishments --; ii.2. patterning of mips for micro- and nanosystems applications --; conclusion --; acknowledgments --; references --; molecular recognition and crystal growth --; abstract --; 1. introduction: supramolecular chemistry and molecular recognition --; 2. molecular recognition by biological receptors --; 2.1. drug action mechanism --; 2.2. sweetness perception --; 3. hydrogen bonding in molecular recognition 3.1. general features of hydrogen bonding3.2. infrared spectroscopy and hydrogen bonding --; 4. co-crystals --; 5. polymorphism --; 6. molecular recognition in solution and crystal structure --; 7. conformational recognition in solution and crystal structure --; 8. molecular recognition at interfaces --; 8.1. crystal growth in the presence of taylor-made additives --; 8.2. effect of the solvent on the crystalline habit --; 8.3. conformational mimicry --; 8.4. seeding crystallization --; concluding remarks --; references Spectroscopic and microscopic examination of chiral recognition at the molecular level abstract --; introduction --; infrared --; raman --; stm --; afm --; chiral surfaces and their investigation by stm and afm --; chiral recognition and ir and sers --; chiral surfaces and others methods --; acknowledgment --; conclusion --; references --; molecular imprinting: state of the art and applications --; 1.1. general introduction --; 1.2. molecular imprinting underlying principle --; 1.3. imprinting mechanisms --; 1.3.1. covalent imprinting