Dear Colleagues,

Macromolecules cover an important part of contemporary research themes in many fields such as nanomaterials science, polymers, crystallography, biological and biochemical sciences. In biology, they primarily occur as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, and systems resulting from their interactions through noncovalent interactions. In the field of polymer chemistry, they represent network structures such as thermosetting epoxy polymers that have important applications in the design of carbon fiber reinforced nanocomposites for structural applications in, for example, aircrafts and automobile parts. Polymers with fullerene pendants attached directly to the main chain or incorporated into the side chains are a class of such macromolecules that function as unimolecular micelle structures. When fullerenes are combined with polyaryl ethers or polycarbonates with triethylene glycol chains around, they exhibit impressive photophysical properties. Macromolecules also play a major role as host species in proton transfer reactions of macromolecular acid-base systems, as well as cavities to host large molecules, in the rational design of innovative materials, drugs and their functionality.

This Special Issue aims to cover the theoretical and experimental progress and developments that have been essential for the understanding of the structural, bonding, electronic, vibrational, spectroscopic and optical properties of a wide variety of macromolecules, including applications in various fields such as nanocomposite, polymer, noncovalent and supramolecular chemistry, crystallography and biological sciences, among others. Special emphasis should be placed on elucidating the role of non-covalent interactions (including halogen bonds, hydrogen bonds, and van der Waals interactions) that play a major role in controlling the assembly of small molecules and between complementary macromolecules responsible in the design of new macromolecular materials.

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• Macromolecules
• host-guest systems
• surfaces and interfaces
• molecular dynamics
• polymer and biological sciences
• noncovalent interactions
• nanocomposites
• fullerene chemistry
• functional materials
• Crystallography
• Density functional theory calculations