Special Issue: Self-Assembly of Biomolecules

Special Issue

Self-assembly of biomolecules at surfaces characterized by NEXAFS1

Surface science has made great strides towards tailoring surface properties via self-assembly of nanoscale molecular adsorbates. It is now possible to functionalize surfaces with complex biomolecules such as DNA and proteins. This brief overview shows how NEXAFS (near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy) can be used to characterize the assembly of biological molecules at surfaces ...

Editorial for Special Issue of Microbiota

Editorial for Special Issue of Microbiota Bagher Larijani Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Virtual Issue: Structure Characterization of Biomolecules

The structural diversity of biomolecules is quite simply enormous. Although many polymeric biomolecules such as proteins, and ribonucleic (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic (DNA) acids have complex but rather well-defined lowest-energy structures, it became increasingly apparent in recent years that many of them have not. Especially for proteins, but also for RNA, it has been shown that they can instea...

Molecular recognition and self-assembly special feature: Self-assembly of dimeric tetraurea calix[4]pyrrole capsules.

Calix[4]pyrroles having extended aromatic cavities have been functionalized with 4 ureas in the para position of their meso phenyl substituents. This elaboration of the upper rim was completed in 2 synthetic steps starting from the alpha,alpha,alpha,alpha-tetranitro isomer of the calix[4]pyrrole obtained in the acid catalyzed condensation of p-nitrophenyl methyl ketone and pyrrole. In dichlorom...