UM Chemistry/Research/Pinkhassik Research Group/Publications

Dr. Pinkhassik and his group have had two recent Communications published in Angewandte Chemie. "Functionalization of Imprinted Nanopores in Nanometer-Thin Organic Materials" by Sergey A. Dergunov and Eugene Pinkhassik (ACIE, 2008, 47, 8263-8266) Taking on new functions: By using liposomes as temporary self-assembled scaffolds, nanocapsules with uniformly sized nanopores are formed. The as-formed nanopores have a single carboxy functional group, which can be converted into an acyl chloride group and then into an amide group. "Directed Assembly of Sub-Nanometer Thin Organic Materials with Programmed-Size Nanopores" by Delia C. Danila, L. Todd Banner, Evguenia J. Karimova, Lyudmila Tsurkan, Xinyan Wang, and Eugene Pinkhassik (ACIE, 2008, 47, 7036-7039) Nanocolander: Sub-nanometer thin organic materials with uniform imprinted pores are formed by controlled polymerization within temporary self-assembled scaffolds. Pores are measured by a colored size-probe retention assay. A nanocapsule with no pores retains yellow, red, and blue probes and is colored brown; 0.8 nm pores lead to release of yellow probes, while capsules with 1.3 nm pores only retain blue probes.

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