Intercalation systems as nanostructured functional materials

The host/guest chemistry of intercalation systems provides a highly variable potential for synthesis strategies aiming at the controlled preparation of complex organized structures in the nanoscale regime at low temperatures. Specific aspects of actual progress are considered concerning the synthesis and functional modification of rigid-pore and flexible pore host lattices, intracrystalline processes, colloid systems, host/guest interaction, and electron-transfer processes.