Molecular recognition, application

A large number of studies concerned witli tliiol-tenninated molecules has been directed at tire preparation of tailored organic surfaces, since tlieir importance has been steadily increasing in various applications. Films of o> functionalized alkanetliiols have facilitated fundamental studies of interfacial phenomena, such as adhesion [190, 191], corrosion protection [192], electrochemistry [193], wetting [194], protein adsorjDtion [195, 196] or molecular recognition [197, 198, 199, 200 and 201] to mention only a few. 

Fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic and its application to molecular recognition are explained in Chapter IX, Section 1.5 in the Handbook. 

Apart from the successful imprinting discussed above, the recognition for many templates is far from that is required for the particular application, even after careful optimization of the other factors affecting the molecular recognition properties. Often, a large excess of MAA in the synthesis step is required for recognition to be observed and then only in solvents of low to medium polarity and hydrogen bond... 

The similarity recognition hypothesis presented here would be applicable to the specific and precise discrimination in chemical and biological systems. It is hoped that this review will serve to stimulate further work on the physicochemical origin of the shape-similarity effect on specific molecular recognition, for example, work on weak interactions specific for the three-dimensional shape of interacting groups. 

Application of Boron-Containing Hosts in Ionic and Molecular Recognition... 

We have already mentioned the application of supercomputers to biochemical simulations. Internal dynamics may play an Important role In such simulations. An example would be enzyme binding-site fluctuations that modulate reactivity or the dynamics of antigen-antibody association (11). In the specific case of diffusion-controlled processes, molecular recognition may occur because of long-range sterlc effects which are hard to assess without very expensive simulations (12.)-... 

Ye, L Ramstrom, O Mansson, MO Mosbach, K, A New Application of Molecularly Imprinted Materials, Journal of Molecular Recognition 11, 75, 1998. 

Babine RE, Bender SL. Molecular recognition of protein-ligand complexes applications to drug design. Chem Rev 1997 97 1359-472. 

DNA-Modified Electrodes. Molecular Recognition of DNA and Biosensor Applications... 

Our discussion in this chapter will focus on the use of the electrostatic potential as a means to understanding and predicting chemical interactions. First, we will examine some of its properties and important features. Next, we will discuss methodology. Finally we will review some recent applications of the electrostatic potential in areas such as hydrogen bonding, molecular recognition, and understanding and prediction of a variety of physio-chemical properties related to molecular interactions. Our intent has not been to provide a complete survey of the ways in which the potential has been used, many of which are described elsewhere (Politzer and Daiker 1981 Politzer, Laurence, and Jayasuriya 1985 Politzer and Murray 1990 Politzer and Murray 1991 Politzer and Truhlar 1981 Scrocco and Tomasi 1973), but rather to focus on some diverse examples. 

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