Presidential Young Investigator Award/Development of Artificial Enzymes.

这项由有机和高分子化学项目颁发的总统青年研究人员奖为德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的Eric V.Anslyn博士的工作(“分子设计”或“分子工程”)提供了支持。这项研究涉及分子的设计、合成和利用，这些分子以与生物分子相似的方式完成特定的目标或任务。分子识别和分子组装正被用来探讨生物有机和有机金属催化以及固态结构设计中的问题。其中一个研究领域涉及分子裂隙的形成。裂隙的内部可以用来识别和结合几种不同类型的分子。这些分子被设计成催化水解酰胺和磷酸二酯。第二个研究领域涉及开发识别和结合有机介质中的有机官能团的模板。这些模板将被连接到有机金属催化剂上，以完成底物的多点结合，并赋予催化专一性。另一个研究的重点是开发具有半导体和数据存储行业所需的重要特性的导体和铁磁体。

This Presidential Young Investigator Award given in the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program provides support for the work ("Molecular Design" or "Molecular Engineering") of Dr. Eric V. Anslyn at the University of Texas at Austin. The research involves the design, synthesis, and utilization of molecules that accomplish a specific objective or task in a similar manner to biological molecules. Molecular recognition and molecular assembly are being used to approach problems in bioorganic and organometallic catalysis, and solid state structure design. One area of study is involved with developing molecular clefts. The interior of the cleft can be used to recognize and bind several different types of molecules. The molecules are being designed to catalytically hydrolyze amides and phosphodiesters. A second area of study involves development of templates that recognize and bind organic functional groups in organic media. These templates will be attached to organometallic catalysts in order to accomplish substrate multipoint binding and to impart specificity in the catalysis. Another focus of research is on the development of electrical conductors and ferromagnets which possess important properties desired in the semiconductor and data storage industries.