From supramolecular synthons to weak hydrogen bonds, Gautam Desiraju's research has impacted several areas of chemistry
Derived
from supramolecular chemistry [4], the new compounds synthesized by the researchers have original properties: within several minutes, they bring about the growth of lamellar networks of actin filaments.
Not exact matches
Supramolecular chemistry is the study of the structures and functions of the supermolecules that result
from binding substrates to molecular receptors.
Engineers
from the US Army Research Lab in Maryland, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have initially performed their trick using a special class of rubber called a metallo -
supramolecular polymer.
[4]
Supramolecular chemistry, the science of self - assembly and self - organization at the molecular scale, focuses on chemical entities resulting
from the interactions between molecular objects.
Originally
from the UK, Faust travelled to New Zealand to deliver a presentation at the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and
Supramolecular Chemistry on an Engineering and Physical Science Research Council award — a prize for top - performing PhD students.
«This research quite possibly marks the first time we have documented this experimental transformation
from nano - sized giant tetrahedral to
supramolecular lattices,» said Joe Akkara, a materials science program director
from the National Science Foundation, which funded the research.
The research was jointly conducted by the UAB Molecular Microbiology Group
from the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, directed by Montserrat Llagostera, and the
Supramolecular NanoChemistry & Materials group at the ICN2, directed by ICREA professor Daniel Maspoch.
By combining
supramolecular chemistry and nanoparticle self - assembly, a team of researchers
from Argonne National Laboratory and University of Michigan has created a new toolbox...