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Enzymatic Polymerization to Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides are formed by repeated glycosylations between a sugar donor and a sugar acceptor. This chapter reviews the in vitro synthesis of...
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Synthesis of Phenol Polymers Using Peroxidases
This chapter deals with the peroxidase-catalyzed polymerization of phenol and its derivatives. Such a polymerization needs an oxidation reagent,...
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Towards a Rational Design of Molecular Switches and Sensors from their Basic Building Blocks
A fundamental understanding of the thermodynamics and kinetics of mechanically interlocked molecules, such as [2]rotaxanes, will contribute to...
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Chiral Spaces in Supramolecular Assemblies
The present review is aimed at illustrating to the reader the state of the art on the construction of artificial chiral supramolecular assemblies...
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Impedimetric Detection of DNA Hybridization: Towards Near-Patient DNA Diagnostics
Immobilization strategies for the attachment of nucleotide probes to both microarrays and microfabricated interdigitated electrodes differ to...
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Immobilization of DNA on Microarrays
Microarrays are new analytical devices that allow the parallel and simultaneous detection of thousands of target compounds. Microarrays, also...
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Tin-Free Radical Reactions Mediated by Organoboron Compounds
The development of tin-free methods to run radical reactions is crucial for their applications in industrial processes as well as in drug...
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The Degenerative Radical Transfer of Xanthates and Related Derivatives: An Unusually Powerful Tool for the Creation of Carbon–Carbon Bonds
This review summarises recent work on the dithiocarbonyl group transfer reaction. Xanthates, in particular, have proved to be extremely useful for...
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Altitudinal Surface-Mounted Molecular Rotors
After a general description of some potential applications of artificial altitudinal surface-mounted molecular rotors, the synthesis, surface...
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Immobilization of Nucleic Acids Using Biotin-Strept(avidin) Systems
There are several advantages for using biotin-streptavidin/avidin (strept(avi-din)) systems to immobilize nucleic acids and other molecules. These...
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Immobilization of Oligonucleotides for Biochemical Sensing by Self-Assembled Monolayers: Thiol-Organic Bonding on Gold and Silanization on Silica Surfaces
The covalent immobilization of biomolecules on surfaces is of great interest for many medical and bioanalytical applications. Currently, there is...
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Thio-, Seleno-, Telluro-Amides
Recent developments regarding synthetic methods of producing chalogen isologues of amides are reviewed. Among exhaustive studies on the syntheses,...
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The Construction and Operation of Anion Sensors: Current Status and Future Perspectives
This chapter is intended to provide an insight into the construction and operation of anion sensing devices, rather than the chemistry of anion...
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Regioselective Polymerization of 1-Alkynes and Stereoselective Cyclopolymerization of α,ω-Heptadiynes
Metathesis-based polymerizations of 1-alkynes and cyclopolymerizations of 1,6-heptadiynes using late transition metal catalysts are reviewed. Results...
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Collagen Suprastructures
Collagens are a family of proteins with considerable molecular diversity. The genetic diversity is increased by assembly of multiple isoforms,...
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Collagen Cross-Links
Collagen is the main source of extracellular support for multicellular animals. The mechanical strength of collagen fibrils depends on a highly...
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Phosphinidenes
Of the low-valent organophosphorus compounds phosphinidenes occupy a special place. In ‘free’ phosphinidenes the phosphorus atom carries a single...
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On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases, Nucleotides, Oligonucleotides, Pre-RNA and Pre-DNA Molecules
All the strategies for the prebiotic syntheses of RNA and DNA assume the adequate availability of the presumptive precursors such as purine and...
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Polarons and Transport in DNA
It has been widely considered that the wavefunction of an extra electron or hole on the base stack of a DNA molecule is confined to a single site,...
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Heat Capacity Studies of Spin Crossover Systems
As the spin crossover phenomena occurring in Oh symmetry involve a transfer of electrons between the eg and t2g orbitals, the metal-to-ligand bond...