Surface Modification of Porous Silica Particles with Carbohydrate Scaffolds as Receptor Components for Molecular Recognition.

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Osamu Kanie and co-workers at Tokai University. The cover picture shows the interaction of an incoming molecule and a receptor surface as the first process of a molecular sensing mechanism. For this, porous silica particles were decorated with protected carbohydrates to create artificial pocket-like structures on its surface. More information can be found in the Research Article by O. Kanie and co-workers.