The researcher has defended today his Doctoral Thesis.
YesterdayThursday, December 19th, Esteban Suárez Picado has defended his Doctoral Thesis focused on the preparation of brand-new peptide-based poly(phenylacetylene)s (PPAs) with targeted functions.
This relevant work was performed at CiQUS under the direction of Félix Freire and Emilio Quiñoá (NanobioMol Group). Polymeric systems based on biomimetic structures allowed developing stimuli-responsive materials in both water and organic media with potential applications as sensors.
In the highly dynamic polymers studied, controlled conformational changes led to preferred helical senses. For instance, a novel has been designed, bearing a helical pendant moiety that is able to promote a specific helicity and scaffold, depending on solvent changes.
Also, a new family of water-soluble helical polymers have been generated to evaluate their sensorial abilities when facing different external stimuli such as metal ions, solvents, chiral or achiral additives, pH modifications, etc.
The results from the Thesis have begun to be published in high impact Journals as Chemistry of Materials, in a paper entitled "Poly(phenylacetylene) amines: A general route to water soluble helical polyamines".
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