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Machinery of life was developed biologically in long-term evolutionary processes, and there is no protocol about the experiments, which finally succeeded. Chemists have been successful with synthesis, isolation and analysis but not with the reproduction of the working molecular apparatus. The introduction of yoctowells as a surface-engineered phenomenon allowed us to address one of the great challenges on nanoscale level – the separation, containment and manipulation of individual molecules and allow studying molecular interactions. The primary motivation to work with such membrane yoctowell cavities instead of proteins was strain after simplicity, which would make it possible to answer some simple biological questions experimentally on nanoscale level, which are difficult to approach in complex biological modules.
This talk will focus on discussion of innovative and cutting-edge research program on smart functional material on the nanoscale level and their applications such as molecular recognition, environmental (purification, separation), energy (solar cells), and drug delivery.
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