US-Mexico Cooperative Research: Plasma Assisted Enzyme Immobilization

9908696杨美国-墨西哥奖将支持威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的Raymond A.Young教授与墨西哥瓜达拉哈拉大学的Juan Ramos博士合作研究使用冷等离子体来修饰常见的聚合物表面，并使用这种表面进行酶固定化。在冷等离子体底物的酶固定化反应领域的初步研究表明，冷等离子体方法在开发先进的分子识别和加工技术方面是可行的，在生物技术等行业中是有用的。这些跨学科的努力可能会在21世纪的先进技术中发挥重要作用。拟议的研究融合了双方在互惠互利的研究方面的互补技能：墨西哥方面在等离子体化学以及天然聚合物的改性和表征方面具有很强的背景，而威斯康星大学等离子体辅助制造中心和林业部的小组在天然和合成聚合物基质的表面改性领域拥有丰富的经验和设施。

9908696YoungThis US-Mexico award will support Prof. Raymond A. Young of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a research collaboration with Dr. Juan Ramos of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, to work on the use of cold plasmas to modify common polymer surfaces and to use such surfaces for enzyme immobilization. Preliminary studies in the area of enzyme immobilization reactions from cold-plasma substrates demonstrate the viability of a cold-plasma approach for the development of advanced molecular recognition and machining technologies, useful in the biotech industry among others. These interdisciplinary efforts may play a significant role in the advanced technologies of the 21st century. The proposed research blends complementary skills on both sides in research of mutual benefit: the Mexican side providing a strong background in plasma chemistry and in the modification and characterization of natural polymers, while the group at the University of Wisconsin Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing and the Department of Forestry, has extensive experience and facilities in the area of surface modification of natural and synthetic polymeric substrates.