Organized monolayer assemblies-their role in constructing supramolecular devices and in modeling evolution of early life

The following topics are considered: a simple supramolecular device; arranging molecules to form a supramolecular device; energy transfer in designed monolayer assemblies; electron transfer in designed monolayer assemblies; monolayer assemblies for elucidating the nature of photographic sensitization; exciton motion in a monolayer and its use for chemical sensing and signal amplification; monolayer assemblies to study design principles of photoinduced electron pumps; the lock-and-key concept and the programmed-environmental-change concept; origin of life-like systems viewed as an engineering problem