macrocyclic supramolecular chemistry. I also wish to thank the editorial team at
Springer Nature and co-workers, in particular Ms. Haiqin Dong, Ms. Lijuan Wang,
and Mr. Stephen Yeung, for their tremendous work. Finally, it is my honor to thank
all the contributors of this handbook who presented so many excellent works and
made the publication of the handbook successful.
College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory
of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
Collaborative Innovation Center of
Chemical Science and Engineering
Nankai University
Yu Liu
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