Rationally Designed Novel Molecules Based on Non Covalent Interactions

ISBN-13: 9783659211980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 80 str.

Pranjal Kumar Baruah

Opis

The naturally occurring twenty amino acids are used by nature to generate diverse set of biomolecules. They are able to perform the specific functions of life because they can adopt particular folded structure. In order to understand the principle of folding scientists have started to look for designing of various novel synthetic oligomers which can mimic the structure and function of biomolecules (Foldamers). With the increasing time spent in understanding the principles of folding many synthetic oligomers are reported with dazzling architectures and recently foldamres which can perform many specific functions such as catalysis are also reported.

O autorze

Pranjal Kumar Baruah did his PhD at NCL, Pune, India (Dr. G. J. Sanjayan). He then moved to United States for his 1st Post Doctoral studies (Prof. Harold Kohn). After receiving prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship he moved to Oxford University,UK (Dr. Martin D. Smith). Currently he is an Assistant Professor at Gauhati University, India.