Enzymes immobilized on solid supports have important and industrial and medical
applications. However, their uses are limited by the significant reductions in activity and …

Conspectus Understanding molecular structures of interfacial peptides and proteins impacts
many research fields by guiding the advancement of biocompatible materials, new and …

Like in chemical catalysis, there is a clear trend in biocatalysis to carry out synthetic
transformations at the manufacturing scale heterogeneously catalyzed. Recycling of …

Usually a surface or an interface is well-defined with little diffusion from one side of the
surface or interface to the other, with the length scale being on the order of one to several …

Surface functionalization of an implantable device with bioactive molecules can overcome
adverse biological responses by promoting specific local tissue integration. Bioactive …

Molecular structures of peptides/proteins at interfaces determine their interfacial properties,
which play important roles in many applications. It is difficult to probe interfacial …

Recently, a super uranyl binding protein (SUP) was developed, which exhibits excellent
sensitivity/selectivity to bind uranyl ions. It can be immobilized onto a surface in sensing …

Many DNA-based technologies involve the immobilization of DNA and therefore require a
fundamental understanding of the DNA structure–function relationship at interfaces. We …

Single layered two-dimensional (2D) materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) show great potential in many microelectronic or nanoelectronic applications. For …

This paper summarizes the early research results on studying proteins and peptides at
interfaces using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. SFG studies in …