The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge array of publications that appeared in recent years in the global literature calls for systematization of the structural trends inherent in the formation of these systems revealed at different molecular platforms and practically useful properties they exhibit. The attention is concentrated on the topics related to functional supramolecular systems that are actively explored in institutes and universities of Russia in the last 10–15 years, such as the chemistry of host–guest complexes, crystal engineering, self-assembly and self-organization in solutions and at interfaces, biomimetics and molecular machines and devices. The bibliography includes 1714 references.

Water soluble hexanuclear molybdenum cluster assembled with triblock copolymer gives luminescent response on ion-pairing with difloxacin through energy transfer.

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The work presents the synthesis of a novel calix[4]resorcinarene cavitand bearing four 1,3-diketone groups at the upper rim and its complex formation with Tb(III) ions in DMF and DMSO solutions. Electrospray ionization mass spectra, 1 H NMR, UV-Vis and luminescence spectra indicate a long (three hours at least) equilibration time for the complex formation between the cavitand and Tb(III) in alkaline DMF and DMSO solutions. These results are explained by the restricted keto-enol conversion, resulting from the steric hindrance effect of the methylenedioxy-groups linking the benzene rings within the cavitand framework.A facile synthetic route to convert luminescent Tb(III) complexes of various stoichiometries into luminescent hydrophilic colloids is disclosed in this work. The route is based on the reprecipitation of the Tb(III) complexes from DMF to aqueous solutions with further polyelectrolyte deposition without prior separation of the luminescent complexes. The luminescent colloids exhibit high stability over time and in buffer systems, which is a prerequisite for their applicability in analysis and biolabeling.

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The report represents the comparative analysis of luminescent properties of Eu(III) complex in colloids of silica-coated and layer-by-layer-fabricated nanoparticles. The diverse morphologies of these nanoparticles greatly affect their photophysical properties. The interfacial binding with d-ions exemplified by Cu(II) and the contributions of the ion exchange and energy transfer processes between Eu(III) ions confined within polymeric coating and Cu(II) ions at the interface of nanoparticles also depend on their morphology. The silica coating of Eu(III) complex does not prevent it from the efficient ion displacement by the interfacial Cu(II) ions, which results in the irreversible quenching of Eu(III)-centered luminescence. The lack of the ion exchange and the predominant energy transfer between Eu(III) ions in the core and interfacial Cu(II) ions are revealed in the colloids of Eu(III) complex reprecipitated from organic to aqueous solution and coated by the layerby-layer-fabricated polyelectrolyte multilayer. The obtained results represent the synthetic route of the insertion of Cu(II) ions into the polyelectrolyte multilayer fabricated onto Eu(III) complex.

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Functional polydiacetylene vesicles based on thiacalix[4]arene–10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid conjugates showed selective colorimetric response toward lanthanide ions.