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Supramolecular chemistry at interfaces
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 58 (2007) 1–2
Preface
Supramolecular chemistry at interfaces
Keywords: Roger M. Leblanc; Biography; Florida ACS Award Symposia; WRM2006; FAME2006; Supramolecular chemistry; Surface chemistry; Microfluidics; Instrumentation
Modern colloidal and surface chemistry is a multidisciplinary science closely intertwined with nanotechnology and supramolecualr chemistry. This special issue presents a collection of selected papers presented last year during the Florida Award Symposium at the 2006 Florida Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Chemical Society held in Orlando, Florida, and from the Frontiers in Colloidal, Surface and Supramolecular Chemistry in Biomedical Applications, held during the Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California, 2006. Both symposia gathered leading experts on the cross-section of surface and supramolecular chemistry/nanotechnology. The symposia covered a wide range of subjects, such as: nanoparticles and quantum dots, hybrid systems, recombinant fluorescence proteins, biosensors, Langmuir films, nanocrystals, micro and nanofluidics, crystal growth, supramolecular structures of the cell walls, methods for cell wall disruptions, applications of surface and supramolecular chemistry in future diagnostic technologies, supramolecular based prophylaxis and therapeutic approaches for radiation protection, single molecular spectroscopy, and novel instrumentations and techniques based on supramolecular and surface chemistry phenomena. The recipient of the 2006 Florida Award of the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society was Prof. Roger M. Leblanc, a professor and ex-Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Miami and a long-time editor of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. He was awarded for his outstanding lifetime contributions in the area of colloidal, supramolecular and surface chemistry, and for the advancement of chemistry in the State of Florida. Prof. Leblanc is well-recognized as pioneer of supramolecular chemistry at interfaces and is considered to be a leading authority in the area of air–water interface studies. He has pioneered use of air–water interface techniques in biophysical chemistry studies. Early in his research career, he pioneered surface chemistry studies on photosynthetic and light sensing supramolecular assemblies and macromolecules, such as pigments, photosystem II, rhodopsins and similar structures. His inventions in the area of photoacoustic spectroscopy 0927-7765/$ – see front matter © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.04.012
brought him wide recognition in the area of cosmetic chemistry, and he was the first person to develop a method to measure chromophore and nanoparticle penetrations through the human skin using pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy. After spending most of his research career in Quebec, Prof. Leblanc moved to the University of Miami in 1996, where his research focus is on supramolecular chemistry at interfaces. His current research interests are in the surface chemistry, spectroscopic and microscopic investigation of Langmuir monolayers of supramolecular complexes. This area is of paramount importance due to many potential applications in diverse fields such as the manufacturing of new polymers, bio- and chemisensors, protective surface coatings, conductive films, optoelectronic devices, etc. Prof. Leblanc’s group is currently focused on combinatorial chemistry at interfaces, molecular recognition, amyloidogenesis, surface engineering approaches for tissue engineering, and in the development of chemical and biosensors. Besides fundamental science, Prof. Leblanc has designed, over a period of time, a variety of novel instruments and improvements in the tools for biophysical and surface chemistry studies, such as Langmuir troughs, ellipsometers, scanning probe microscopy and variety of optical and photoacoustic spectroscopic equipment. Prof. Leblanc’s research was a seed that has germinated worldwide through his group’s numerous alumni who are now faculty members and industrial leaders worldwide. Some of them are well known to the surface chemistry community and include Prof. Qun Huo, University of Central Florida, Prof. Guodong Sui, Florida Atlantic University, Prof. Yujun Zhang, University of Georgia, Christian Salesse, Laval University, Francois Boucher, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Robert Carpentier, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Surat Hotchandani, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Daniel Belanger, Quebec University at Montreal, Daniel Guay, National Institute of the Scientific Research (INRS), Montreal, Amane Oueriagli, Marrakesch University, Morocco, Farad Lahmori, Tanger University, Morocco, and many others, including myself, the guest editor of this special issue.
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With this special issue, we would like to celebrate Prof. Leblanc’s 65th birthday, and to wish him many more years of a productive research career filled with exciting discoveries in the wide open space of supramolecular surface chemistry and allied disciplines.
Guest Editor Miodrag Micic ∗ MP Biomedicals LLC, 15 Morgan, Irvine, CA 92618, USA ∗ Tel.:
+1 949 833 2500. E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 24 April 2007
Preface
Supramolecular chemistry at interfaces
Keywords: Roger M. Leblanc; Biography; Florida ACS Award Symposia; WRM2006; FAME2006; Supramolecular chemistry; Surface chemistry; Microfluidics; Instrumentation
Modern colloidal and surface chemistry is a multidisciplinary science closely intertwined with nanotechnology and supramolecualr chemistry. This special issue presents a collection of selected papers presented last year during the Florida Award Symposium at the 2006 Florida Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Chemical Society held in Orlando, Florida, and from the Frontiers in Colloidal, Surface and Supramolecular Chemistry in Biomedical Applications, held during the Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California, 2006. Both symposia gathered leading experts on the cross-section of surface and supramolecular chemistry/nanotechnology. The symposia covered a wide range of subjects, such as: nanoparticles and quantum dots, hybrid systems, recombinant fluorescence proteins, biosensors, Langmuir films, nanocrystals, micro and nanofluidics, crystal growth, supramolecular structures of the cell walls, methods for cell wall disruptions, applications of surface and supramolecular chemistry in future diagnostic technologies, supramolecular based prophylaxis and therapeutic approaches for radiation protection, single molecular spectroscopy, and novel instrumentations and techniques based on supramolecular and surface chemistry phenomena. The recipient of the 2006 Florida Award of the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society was Prof. Roger M. Leblanc, a professor and ex-Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Miami and a long-time editor of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. He was awarded for his outstanding lifetime contributions in the area of colloidal, supramolecular and surface chemistry, and for the advancement of chemistry in the State of Florida. Prof. Leblanc is well-recognized as pioneer of supramolecular chemistry at interfaces and is considered to be a leading authority in the area of air–water interface studies. He has pioneered use of air–water interface techniques in biophysical chemistry studies. Early in his research career, he pioneered surface chemistry studies on photosynthetic and light sensing supramolecular assemblies and macromolecules, such as pigments, photosystem II, rhodopsins and similar structures. His inventions in the area of photoacoustic spectroscopy 0927-7765/$ – see front matter © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.04.012
brought him wide recognition in the area of cosmetic chemistry, and he was the first person to develop a method to measure chromophore and nanoparticle penetrations through the human skin using pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy. After spending most of his research career in Quebec, Prof. Leblanc moved to the University of Miami in 1996, where his research focus is on supramolecular chemistry at interfaces. His current research interests are in the surface chemistry, spectroscopic and microscopic investigation of Langmuir monolayers of supramolecular complexes. This area is of paramount importance due to many potential applications in diverse fields such as the manufacturing of new polymers, bio- and chemisensors, protective surface coatings, conductive films, optoelectronic devices, etc. Prof. Leblanc’s group is currently focused on combinatorial chemistry at interfaces, molecular recognition, amyloidogenesis, surface engineering approaches for tissue engineering, and in the development of chemical and biosensors. Besides fundamental science, Prof. Leblanc has designed, over a period of time, a variety of novel instruments and improvements in the tools for biophysical and surface chemistry studies, such as Langmuir troughs, ellipsometers, scanning probe microscopy and variety of optical and photoacoustic spectroscopic equipment. Prof. Leblanc’s research was a seed that has germinated worldwide through his group’s numerous alumni who are now faculty members and industrial leaders worldwide. Some of them are well known to the surface chemistry community and include Prof. Qun Huo, University of Central Florida, Prof. Guodong Sui, Florida Atlantic University, Prof. Yujun Zhang, University of Georgia, Christian Salesse, Laval University, Francois Boucher, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Robert Carpentier, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Surat Hotchandani, Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, Daniel Belanger, Quebec University at Montreal, Daniel Guay, National Institute of the Scientific Research (INRS), Montreal, Amane Oueriagli, Marrakesch University, Morocco, Farad Lahmori, Tanger University, Morocco, and many others, including myself, the guest editor of this special issue.
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Preface / Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 58 (2007) 1–2
With this special issue, we would like to celebrate Prof. Leblanc’s 65th birthday, and to wish him many more years of a productive research career filled with exciting discoveries in the wide open space of supramolecular surface chemistry and allied disciplines.
Guest Editor Miodrag Micic ∗ MP Biomedicals LLC, 15 Morgan, Irvine, CA 92618, USA ∗ Tel.:
+1 949 833 2500. E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 24 April 2007