Part I. Advanced methodologies. Supramolecular receptors for the recognition of bioanalytes / D. Amilan Jose, Amrita Ghosh, and Alexander Schiller -- Methods of DNA recognition / Olalla Vázquez -- Structural analysis of complex molecular systems by high-resolution and tandem mass spectrometry / Yury O. Tsybin -- Coherent electronic energy transfer in biological and artificial multichromophoric systems / Elisabetta Collini -- Ultrafast studies of carrier dynamics in quantum dots for next generation photovoltaics / Danielle Buckley -- Micro flow chemistry : new possibilities for synthetic chemists / Timothy Noël -- Understanding trends in reaction barriers / Israel Fernández López -- Part II. Materials, nanoscience, and nanotechnologies. Molecular metal oxides : toward a directed and functional future / Haralampos N. Miras -- Molecular metal oxides for energy conversion and energy storage / Andrey Seliverstov, Johannes Forster, Johannes Tucher, Katharina Kastner, and Carsten Streb -- The next generation of silylene ligands for better catalysts / Shigeyoshi Inoue -- Halide exchange reactions mediated by transition metals / Alicia Casitas Montero -- Nanoparticle assemblies from molecular mediator / Marie-Alexandra Neouze -- Porous molecular solids / Shan Jiang, Abbie Trewin, and Andrew I. Cooper -- Electrochemical motors / Gabriel Loget and Alexander Kuhn -- Azobenzene in molecular and supramolecular devices and machines / Massimo Baroncini and Giacomo Bergamini.