Molecular technology
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Our group uses knowledge in syntheticc chemistry to molecularly design and test so-termednetworked molecules. These are a subset of multifunctional small-molecular-weight compoundsthat address the notions of chemical as well asbiological networks. In particular, we employ‘networked molecules’ to rationally build up well-organized molecular networks and successfully use themas electrocatalyst materials for variousapplications, incl. renewable energy and‘ligandless’ catalysis; disrupt and/or rewire biological networkswith a goal of inducing new intracellularinteractions and observing synergisticeffects.Such entities in their simplest form are heterobivalent constructs, however, we are lookingto install additional moieties that would helpextend their multifold performance.
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- Ávila-Bolívar, B., Cepitis, R., Alam, M., Starkov, P. et al. CO2 reduction to formate on an affordable bismuth metal-organic framework based catalyst // Journal of CO2 Utilization (2022) Vol. 59, art. 101937, 11 p.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2022.101937 - Ping, K., Alam, M., Kahnert, S. R., Bhadoria, R., Mere, A., Mikli, V., Käärik, M., Aruväli, J., Paiste, P., Kikas, A., Kisand, V., Järving, I., Leis, J., Kongi, N., Starkov, P. Multi-purpose heterogeneous catalyst material from an amorphous cobalt metal–organic framework // Materials advances (2021) vol. 2, p. 4009-4015.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00414J - Kazimova, N., Ping, K., Alam, M., Danilson, M., Merisalu, M., Aruväli, J., Paiste, P., Käärik, M., Mikli, V., Leis, J., Tammeveski, K., Starkov, P., Kongi, N. Shungite-derived graphene as a carbon support for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts // Journal of catalysis (2021) vol. 395, p. 178−187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2021.01.004 - Ping, K., Brascinsky, A., Alam, M., Bhadoria, R., Mikli, V., Mere, A., Starkov, P. et al. Fused hybrid linkers for metal–organic framework-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts // ACS Applied Energy Materials (2020) vol. 3, 1, p. 152–157 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02039 - Bhadoria, R., Ping, K., Lohk, C., Järving, I., Starkov, P. A phenotypic approach to probing cellular outcomes using heterobivalent constructs // Chemical Communications (2020) Vol. 56,30, p. 4216 - 4219.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc09595k https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/c9cc09595k - Ping, K., Alam, M., Käärik, M., Leis, J., Kongi, N., Järving, I., Starkov, P. Surveying iron–organic framework TAL-1-derived materials in ligandless heterogeneous oxidative catalytic transformations of alkylarenes // Synlett (2019) vol. 30, p. 1536–1540 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1611877 - Kasak, L., Näks, M., Eek, P., Bhadoria, R., Starkov, P., Piirsoo, M. et al. Characterization of protein kinase ULK3 regulation by phosphorylation and inhibition by small molecule SU6668 // Biochemistry (2018) vol. 57, 37, p. 5456−5465.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00356