Surface (or biosurface) organic chemistry is an emerging research field in organic chemistry, the ultimate goal of which is to control the interfaces between biological and non-biological systems at the molecular level for the fundamental understanding of biological interactions at interfaces and for the potential applications to (nano)biotechnology and biomedical sciences. The term, “biosurface”, implies that the field focuses on surfaces (or interfaces in general) and the surfaces are functional in the interactions with biological entities, such as biomolecules (DNAs, proteins, and polysaccharides) and cells. The biological interactions would occur at nonbiological (in other words, man-made) surfaces via either organic or inorganic functionalities, and in the field of biosurface organic chemistry, organic functional groups are designed and introduced onto man-made surfaces to control the biological interactions. Biosurface organic chemistry is composed of three mutually interacting research fields: surface organic chemistry, bioconjugation, and micro/nanofabrication. One of the aims of surface organic chemistry is to control the physicochemical properties of man-made surfaces by the functionalization of surfaces, yielding “tailor-made” surfaces. The tailor-made surfaces could be either “static”, playing any designated roles, or “dynamic”, playing switchable roles in response to demands. In this talk, I will present some of research results in the field of biosurface organic chemistry. Because of the wide use of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in surface sciences and technologies, a large portion of the review contains research results based on SAMs.
저자
Kyung-Bok Lee [ Biotechnology Fusion Research Team, Division of Life Science, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon ]
본 학회는 화학, 생화학, 분자생물학, 미생물학, 식품공학, 의학, 약학, 유전공학 및 생물공학, 환경 및 기타 공업 등 전 분야의 탄수화물관련 이론과 기술을 연구 발전시키고 산학협동을 통해 이를 보급하여 국내 관련 산업의 발전 및 국민생활의 과학화에 기여하고자 하며, 이러한 목표와 비젼의 실현을 위해 회원들이 적극적인 참여와 활동을 전개하고자 한다.