Encrypting messages with artificial bacterial receptors

• Pragati Kishore Prasad,
• Naama Lahav-Mankovski,
• Leila Motiei and
• David Margulies

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2749–2756, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.225

• reversibly change the properties of the cell. For example, we have shown that synthetic receptors appended with a thiol or a folate group enable bacteria expressing the His-tagged outer membrane protein C (His-OmpC) to bind to gold surfaces or cancer cells, respectively [2]. We have also shown that this

Diaminoterephthalate–α-lipoic acid conjugates with fluorinated residues

• Leon Buschbeck,
• Aleksandra Markovic,
• Gunther Wittstock and
• Jens Christoffers

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 981–991, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.96

• sequence including one deprotection reaction. One functional unit is α-lipoic acid (ALA) for binding the dye to gold surfaces. It was introduced to the DAT scaffold by an amidation reaction. The other functional unit is a para-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl group for facile detection of the surface-bound material

• , target compound 3 has the highest (0.57), target compound 7 the lowest (0.04) quantum yield. XPS characterization of SAMs. SAMs were prepared from compounds 3 and 7 exploiting the strong binding affinity of the ALA residue to gold surfaces [52]. The resulting layers of compound 3 (SAM 3) and 7 (SAM 7

• suitability for molecular surface labeling. Conclusion Two bifunctional diaminoterephthalate (DAT) fluorescence dyes have been prepared. One functional unit is α-lipoic acid (ALA) for binding the dye to gold surfaces. The other carries a trifluoromethyl group for facile detection of the surface-bound material

Sulfamide chemistry applied to the functionalization of self-assembled monolayers on gold surfaces

• Loïc Pantaine,
• Vincent Humblot,
• Vincent Coeffard and
• Anne Vallée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 648–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.64

• Surface, UMR CNRS 7197, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France 10.3762/bjoc.13.64 Abstract Aniline-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold surfaces

• contact angle (WCA) measurements, Fourier-transform infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Keywords: gold surfaces; hydrolysis; IRRAS; reversibility; SAM; sulfamide; XPS; Introduction Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have raised considerable

• functionalization or the ability to tune the properties of SAMs by controlled spatial functionalization. A scant number of examples have reported reversible covalent reactions on SAMs on gold surfaces; for instance, Ravoo and Reinhoudt have described the formation of imine SAMs prepared by reaction of an amino

Organic chemistry on surfaces: Direct cyclopropanation by dihalocarbene addition to vinyl terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)

• Malgorzata Adamkiewicz,
• David O’Hagan and
• Georg Hähner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2897–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.307

• (SAMs) are increasingly being used as a means of surface modification to alter properties in a tuneable manner [1][2][3]. The major classes of SAMs are those with adsorbed long chain alkyl thiols on gold surfaces/nanoparticles [4][5], or long chain alkylsilanes on silica surfaces [6][7]. Two general

Theoretical study of the adsorption of benzene on coinage metals

• Werner Reckien,
• Melanie Eggers and
• Thomas Bredow

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1775–1784, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.185

• dependent C6 coefficients of the D3 correction. We checked this by calculating the C3 coefficients for the benzene adsorption on the Au(111) surface. Previous theoretical studies of the adsorption of organic compounds on silver and gold surfaces resulted in a good agreement with experimental results [9][10

• summarized in Table 2. The potential curves for the silver surfaces are shown in Figure 3. The potential curves for the copper and gold surfaces are included in Supporting Information File 1. In all cases the vertical distances obtained with the potential curves for PBE-D3 are in good agreement with the

• (111) and all gold surfaces we observe only a small charge transfer, between 0.02 a.u. (for Ag(111)) and 0.12 a.u. (for Au(100)) from benzene to the metal surface. For the other systems we calculate a small charge transfer from the surface to the benzene molecule in the range of 0.03 (for Ag(100)) to

Liquid-crystalline nanoparticles: Hybrid design and mesophase structures

• Gareth L. Nealon,
• Romain Greget,
• Cristina Dominguez,
• Zsuzsanna T. Nagy,
• Daniel Guillon,
• Jean-Louis Gallani and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 349–370, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.39

• value of 21.4 Å2 expected for alkanethiols on flat gold surfaces. This discrepancy was rationalised as being due to the ability of the thiols to adsorb also at the edges between the flat polyhedral faces of the nanoparticle surface, thus increasing the effective loading relative to a macroscopic planar

Synthesis, electronic properties and self-assembly on Au{111} of thiolated (oligo)phenothiazines

• Adam W. Franz,
• Svetlana Stoycheva,
• Michael Himmelhaus and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 72, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.72

• become a groundbreaking strategy in the development of molecular electronics [6]. In recent years, many investigations into SAMs of organic molecules on gold surfaces have been carried out [7]. Thiols, thiol esters, and disulfides can be easily chemisorbed on gold to form SAMs by exposure of well-defined

• the impact of steric effects on the adsorption kinetics and thus may lead to a more densely packed film. As a consequence, thiolated mono- and terphenothiazines 2 (n = 1, 3) and the dithiolated derivative 4 can be easily self-assembled to give stable monolayers on gold surfaces. This feature makes

• formation of thiol-bound (oligo)phenothiazines on gold surfaces. Whereas the first oligomers are non-fluorescent, the triad and the tetrad display intense greenish-blue fluorescence in addition to distinct multiple reversible oxidation. The in situ deprotection of the thioacetates to thiols in the presence