Kerim M. Gattás Asfura was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the University of Miami. Dr. Gattás Asfura completed postdoctoral research work at the Scripps Florida and ...
Heterobifunctional linear polyethylene glycol (PEG) was utilized to functionalize alginate’s polymeric backbone with multiple alkyl azide end groups. In the presence of PEG and alginate-based crosslinkers, ionically-cro...
Organophosphorus acid anhydrolase was used as matrix for direct synthesis and functionalization of CdS quantum dots in aqueous solutions. This enzyme-quantum dot system was effective at fluorometrically detecting micromolar l...