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5 BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Pages 12-13

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... Recent advances in molecular genetics, combinatorial chemistry, and the design of semisynthetic enzymes and catalytic antibodies provide unique opportunities for new applications. An attractive possibility is to use DNA templates to prepare polymers having controlled molecular dimensions and judiciously placed functional groups and chain folding patterns.
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... However, the design of appropriate processes for synthesizing molecular arrays and physical methods for measurement and analysis of surface properties are lagging. Hence, a concerted effort in both synthetic methods research and research designed to exploit the atomicleve} characterization offered by the new forms of microscopy scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and near-field optical microscopy is timely.
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