Unifying characterization of synthetic and biological macromolecules and their assemblies
- Source: Roland. E. Bauer et al. in Wikipedia
Prof. Hans-Jürgen Butt (MPI Polymer Research)
Prof. Harald Paulsen (FB 10 Biology)
Prof. Hans W. Spiess (MPI Polymer Research)
Prof. Jürgen Markl (FB 10 Biology)
Prof. Heinz Decker (FB 10 Biology)
Prof. Dirk Schneider (FB 9 Chemistry)
Prof. Frank Rösch (FB 9 Chemistry)
Without detailed characterization of structure and dynamics of synthetic and biological macromolecules, their behaviour and function cannot be understood and controlled. Moreover, supramolecular structures and the organization of such entities to extended functional units have to be characterized. Again, many orders of magnitude in both length and time have to be covered. Also the systems are typically not crystalline in the traditional sense.
Thus, their structure cannot be obtained with atomic resolution from conventional X-ray or neutron scattering. These techniques, however, together with electron and scanning probe microscopy are particularly powerful to obtain the structure at intermediate length scales. The combination with magnetic resonance techniques, NMR and EPR, which are well-established in the study of bio macromolecules, yields unprecedented structural information covering the whole range.
Similarly NMR and EPR yield site selective dynamics, which, when combined with neutron scattering and dielectric spectroscopy, provide new insights. The MPGC will welcome opportunities to utilize the world-wide recognized expertise in Mainz in Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectroscopy, Optical Spectroscopy, and Electron Microscopy of synthetic systems and biological systems.