Macroheterocyclic compounds-a key building block in new functional materials and molecular devices

Abstract

The review discusses the latest advances in the directed synthesis and application of macroheterocyclic compounds in science, engineering and technology, viz. as catalysts for various processes in photo-and electrocatalysis, optical chemosensors for metal cations, selective receptors of organic compounds, inductors and selectors, in nonlinear optics, organic electronics, as magnets, photosensitizers for PDT of a number of oncological diseases and for antimicrobial PDT, etc.