Lectures presented at the 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th Conference
of the Canadian Society for Chemistry: Chemistry at the Interfaces,
Ottawa, Canada, 10-15 August 2003
Foreword, A. McAuley
Part 1: Controlling the self assemby in macromolecular
systems: From
nature to chemistry to functional properties
Part 2: Polymers in electronics and photonics: Synthesis,
characterizations and device applications
Part 3: Chemistry of nucleic acids
Part 1: Controlling the self assembly in macromolecular
systems: From nature to chemistry to functional properties
Preface, P.R. Sundararajan
Development of acid-sensitive copolymer micelles for drug delivery
E. R. Gillies and J. M. J. Fr�chet
p. 1295 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 365KB]
Block copolymer vesicles
J. A. Opsteen, J. J. L. M. Cornelissen, and J. C. M. van Hest
p. 1309 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 527KB]
Polymeric micelles for oral drug delivery: Why and how
M. F. Francis, M. Cristea, and F. M. Winnik
p. 1321 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 332KB]
Directing self-assembly in macromolecular systems: Hydrogen bonding
in ordered polymers
C.-Y. Chao, X. Li, and C. K. Ober
p. 1337 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 211KB]
Controlling the assembly of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers
by the strategy of molecular tectonics
M.-�. Perron, F. Monchamp, H. Duval, D. Boils-Boissier, and J. D.
Wuest
p. 1345 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 179KB]
Morphology of blends of self-assembling long-chain carbamate and stearic
acid
M. Moniruzzaman and P. R. Sundararajan
p. 1353 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 717KB]
Composite tectocapsules via the self-assembly of functionalized poly(divinylbenzene)
microspheres
L. M. Croll and H. D.H. St�ver
p. 1365 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 460KB]
Dendritic polymers composed of glycerol and succinic acid: Synthetic
methodologies and medical applications
N. R. Luman, T. Kim, and M. W. Grinstaff
p. 1375 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 403KB]
Controlling the physicochemical properties of weak polyelectrolyte
multilayer films through acid/base equilibria
S. E. Burke and C. J. Barrett
p. 1387 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 239KB]
Part 2: Polymers in electronics and photonics:
Synthesis, characterizations and device applications
Preface, W.Z.Y.Wang
Dendritic polyphenylazomethines: Synthesis, structure, and metal-assembling
function
K. Yamamoto and M. Higuchi
p. 1399 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 408KB]
Multifunctional properties of monodisperse end-functionalized oligophenylenevinylenes
M. S. Wong and Z. H. Li
p. 1409 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 360KB]
Organic electro-optic materials
L. R. Dalton
p. 1421 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 265KB]
Near-infrared absorbing organic materials
Z. Y. Wang, J. Zhang, X. Wu, M. Birau, G. Yu, H. Yu, Y. Qi, P. Desjardins,
X. Meng, J. P. Gao, E. Todd, N. Song, Y. Bai, A. M. R. Beaudin, and
G. LeClair
p. 1435 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 248KB]
Using light to control physical properties of polymers and surfaces
with azobenzene chromophores
R. H. El Halabieh, O. Mermut, and C. J. Barrett
p. 1445 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 242KB]
Photoinduced bending and unbending behavior of liquid-crystalline
gels and elastomers
Y. Yu, M. Nakano, and T. Ikeda
p. 1467 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 445KB]
Light-induced motions in azobenzene-containing polymers
C. Cojocariu and P. Rochon
p. 1479 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 411KB]
New photoactive polymer and liquid-crystal materials
Y. Zhao
p. 1499 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 855KB]
Morphological reasoning for the enhanced charge carrier mobility of
a hole transport molecule in polystyrene
F. Khan, A.-M. Hor, and P. R. Sundararajan
p. 1509 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 700KB]
Part 3: Chemistry of nucleic acids
Preface, A.M. MacMillan
Fifty years of "Watson-Crick"
A. M. MacMillan
p. 1521 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 202KB]
Ribozymes that use redox cofactors
S. Tsukiji, K. Ramaswamy, and H. Suga
p. 1525 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 632KB]
Structure-function investigation of a deoxyribozyme with dual chelatase
and peroxidase activities
H.-W. Lee, D. J.-F. Chinnapen, and D. Sen
p. 1537 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 373KB]
Engineering DNA aptamers and DNA enzymes with fluorescence-signaling
properties
R. Nutiu, S. Mei, Z. Liu, and Y. Li
p. 1547 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 544KB]
Abasic site stabilization by aromatic DNA base surrogates: High-affinity
binding to a base-flipping DNA-methyltransferase
I. Singh, C. Beuck, A. Bhattacharya, W. Hecker, V. S. Parmar, E.
Weinhold, and O. Seitz
p. 1563 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 307KB]
Selection and characterization of DNAzymes with synthetically appended
functionalities: A case of a synthetic RNAsea mimic
R. Ting, L. Lermer, J. Thomas, Y. Roupioz, and D. M. Perrin
p. 1571 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 230KB]
Minimalist proteins: Design of new molecular recognition scaffolds
J. A. Shin
p. 1579 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 537KB]
Chemistry for the synthesis of nucleobase-modified peptide nucleic
acid
R. H. E. Hudson, R. D. Viirre, Y. H. Liu, F. Wojciechowski, and
A. K. Dambenieks
p. 1591 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 228KB]
Conformationally restricted cationic polyamide analogs of nucleic
acids: Design, synthesis, and DNA/RNA binding studies
V. A. Kumar, M. D'Costa, P. S. Lonkar, Meena, P. S. Pallan, and
K. N. Ganesh
p. 1599 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 159KB]