Materials for the concentration of nitroenergetic targets from groundwater are sought for monitoring and remediation applications. For this work, periodic mesoporous organosilicas incorporating diethylbenzene bridges in their pore walls were applied for the adsorption of nitroenegetic targets from aqueous solution. The materials were synthesized by co-condensing precursors to improve structural characteristics. Molecular imprinting of the pore surfaces was employed through the use of a novel target-like surfactant to further enhance ...
The presently claimed invention relates to photoactivatable polymers for producing patterned biomolecular assemblies. More particularly, the presently claimed invention relates to patterned network polymers formed upon substrates, the network polymers capable of binding biomolecules, and a method for forming the patterned network polymers upon various substrates for the subsequent binding of biomolecules such as antibodies or nucleic acid polymers.