Molecular Recognition in Gels, Monolayers, and Solids

This paper describes work in four areas: affinity electrophoresis of carbonic anhydrase in cross-linked polyacrylamide-derived gels containing immobilized derivatives of aryl sulfonamides; inhibition of the hemagglutination of erythrocytes induced by influenza virus using water-soluble polyacrylamides bearing sialic acid groups; the application of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkylthiolates on gold to the study of protein adsorption on organic surfaces; and the use of networks of hydrogen bonds to generate new classes of non-covalently assembled organic materials, both in solution and in crystals.