?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F8910%2F&rft.title=Design%2C+Synthesis+and+Characterization+of+Porous+Materials+made+from+Nucleobases+and+Metals&rft.creator=An%2C+Jihyun&rft.description=This+research+is+aimed+at+designing+and+synthesizing+porous+biomolecule-based+materials+for+biological+applications%2C+such+as+a+drug+delivery.+As+a+first+step+in+this+direction%2C+developing+a+rational+synthetic+method+to+control+the+coordination+chemistry+between+nucleobases+and+metal+ions+with+the+aim+of+organizing+nucleobases+into+structurally+well-defined+porous+materials+has+been+studied.+As+a+result%2C+several+interesting+frameworks+have+been+synthesized+and+characterized+so+far.+They+exhibit+not+only+interesting+structures+but+also+unique+physical+properties.Interestingly%2C+many+of+the+adenine+binding+motifs+are+somewhat+analogous+to+various+carboxylate+motifs+which+have+been+extensively+used+in+MOF+chemistry%2C+suggesting+that+adenine+could+be+a+very+versatile+molecule+for+the+construction+and+design+of+new+MOFs.+Furthermore%2C+the+successful+synthesis+of+a+porous+material+with+adenine+is+very+significant+because+it+proves+that+porous+material+with+bio-molecules+can+be+rationally+designed+and+synthesized+for+target+applications.&rft.date=2008-11-07&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F8910%2F1%2FJihyunAn_etd_080708.pdf&rft.identifier=++An%2C+Jihyun++(2008)+Design%2C+Synthesis+and+Characterization+of+Porous+Materials+made+from+Nucleobases+and+Metals.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++