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Surface Modification of Porous Silica Particles with Carbohydrate Scaffolds as Receptor Components for Molecular
Tsukasa Uchida1, Ayano Nakamura1, Hannah Shimazaki1
1Department of Applied Biochemistry, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-129, Japan.
Abstract:
Invited for this month's cover is the group of Osamu Kanie and co-workers at Tokai University. The cover picture shows the interaction of an incoming molecule and a receptor surface as the first process of a molecular sensing mechanism. For this, porous silica particles were decorated with protected carbohydrates to create artificial pocket-like structures on its surface. More information can be found in the Research Article by O. Kanie and co-workers.
