Myriad biological communication events achieve the requisite level of specificity by
exploiting the rich structural and functional diversity of glycoconjugates. Although a wide …

Molecular recognition plays an important role in living systems. 1, 2 Representative
molecular recognitions in living organisms are saccharide− protein, protein− protein, and …

Triangular silver nanoparticles (∼ 100 nm wide and 50 nm high) have remarkable optical
properties. In particular, the peak extinction wavelength, λmax of their localized surface …

Cell‐surface receptors acquire information from the extracellular environment and
coordinate intracellular responses. Many receptors do not operate as individual entities, but …

Multivalent ligands can function as inhibitors or effectors of biological processes. Potent
inhibitory activity can arise from the high functional affinities of multivalent ligand− receptor …

Glycans are key participants in biological processes ranging from reproduction to cellular
communication to infection. Revealing glycan roles and the underlying molecular …

The intense colors of noble metal nanoparticles have inspired artists and fascinated
scientists for hundreds of years. In this review, we describe refractive index sensing …

1.1. General Considerations Structural intricacies of carbohydrate molecules and their
propensity to form varied linkages, substitutions, and branching patterns have fascinated …

The chemistry and topography of a surface affect biological response and are of
fundamental importance, especially when living systems encounter synthetic surfaces. Most …

The synthesis of novel well-defined alkyne side chain functional polymers featuring narrow
molecular weight distributions (PDI= 1.09− 1.17) by living radical polymerization is …