POLYMERS SYNTHESIS FOR PREPARATION OF COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 我们的研究兴趣广泛地集中在独特聚合物的设计、合成和表征上，重点是开发能够制备复杂纳米结构材料的合成方法。就像典型的合成化学家准备具有特定立体化学和连接性的分子一样，我们使用天然产品作为目标来练习他们的技术，我们正在识别纳米级的天然产品，例如病毒衣壳、脂蛋白，甚至海豚皮肤，作为合成目标。然而，我们并不试图精确地合成这些结构，而是要生产能够捕捉基本结构和功能元素的合成材料。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Our research interests are focused broadly upon the design, synthesis and characterization of unique polymers, with emphasis upon the development of synthetic methodologies that allow for the preparation of complex nanostructured materials. Just as typical synthetic chemists prepare molecules of specific stereochemistry and connectivity, using natural products as the targets to exercise their craft, we are identifying nanoscopic natural products, e.g. viral capsids, lipoproteins, and even dolphin skin, as synthetic targets. We do not attempt, however, to synthesize exactly these structures, but rather, to produce synthetic materials that capture the basic structural and functional elements.