The term architectonics has its roots in the architectural and philosophical (as early as 1600s) literature that refers to “the theory of structure” and “the structure of theory”, respectively. The concept of architectonics has been adapted to advance the field of molecular self-assembly and termed as molecular architectonics. In essence, the methodology of organizing molecular units in the required and controlled configurations to develop advanced functional systems for materials and biological applications comprises the field of molecular architectonics. This concept of designing noncovalent systems enables to focus on different functional aspects of designer molecules for biological and nonbiological applications and also strengthens our efforts toward the mastery over the art of controlled molecular self-assemblies.

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Architectonics：功能应用的分子架构设计

建筑学一词起源于建筑学和哲学（最早于1600年代）文学，分别指“结构理论”和“理论结构”。为了适应分子自组装领域的发展，对建筑学的概念进行了调整，被称为分子建筑学。本质上，以所需和受控的结构组织分子单元以开发用于材料和生物学应用的先进功能系统的方法论包括分子建筑学领域。设计非共价系统的这一概念使我们能够专注于设计分子在生物学和非生物学应用中的不同功能方面，也加强了我们对受控分子自组装技术的掌握。