Dendrimers: Order, Complexity, Functions

Vincenzo Balzani is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna, Italy. He has received several scientific awards, including the Doctorate ‘Honoris Causa’ at the University of Fribourg (CH), Honor Professor at the East China University of Science and Technology, Italgas Prize for Research and Innovation, Porter Medal in Photochemistry, and Blaise Pascal Medal for Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Accademia dei Lincei, and a member of the Editorial Board of several scientific journals. His has published more than 550 papers and five books, one of which (Molecular Devices and Machines, Wiley-VCH), written with A. Credi and M. Venturi, has been translated in Chinese and Japanese. He has delivered numerous lectures around the world. He is ranked among the most cited chemists, with an H index 76. His main research interests concern photochemistry, supramolecular chemistry, molecular devices and machines, and he is also deeply interested in the energy issue. His most recent book (Energy for a Sustainable World, Wiley-VCH), written with N. Armaroli, will be published in December 2010.