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1	Photochemical Surface Functionalization : Synthesis, Nanochemistry and Glycobiological Studies Deng, Lingquan January 2011 (has links) This thesis mainly deals with the development of photochemical approaches to immobilize carbohydrates on surfaces for glycobiological studies. These approaches have been incorporated into a number of state-of-the-art nanobio-platforms, including carbohydrate microarrays, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and glyconanomaterials. All the surfaces have displayed good binding capabilities and selectivities after functionalization with carbohydrates, and a range of important data have been obtained concerning surface characteristics and carbohydrate-protein interactions, based on the platforms established. Besides, a variety of non-carbohydrate and carbohydrate-based molecules have been synthesized, during which process the mutarotation of 1-glycosyl thiols and the stereocontrol in 1-S-glycosylation reactions have been thoroughly studied. / QC 20111004 Carbohydrates Glycobiology Carbohydrate-protein interactions Perfluorophenylazide (PFPA) Photochemistry Carbohydrate surface immobilization Carbohydrate microarrays Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) Glyconanomaterials Concanavalin A (Con A) Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) 1-Glycosyl thiols; Mutarotation 1-S-glycosylation Stereocontrol