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DAVID A. SPIVAK
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (225) 578-2868
Fax: (225) 578-3458
E-mail: dspivak@lsu.edu | |
Research Interests:
Professor Spivak is currently working in the field of Molecular Imprinting and Organic Synthesis. New synthetic routes into interesting monomers for bio-inspired molecularly imprinted polymers are making great breakthroughs in the field. These new materials are revolutionizing the applications of molecularly imprinted bioanalytical materials for biomolecule sensors, bioseparations, and enzyme-like catalysts. In addition, new synthetic methods and reagents are being developed for general application to organic synthesis.
Representative Publications:
Balamurugan, S.; Obubuafo, A.; Soper, S. A.; McCarley, R. L.; Spivak, David A.; “Designing Highly Specific Biosensing Surfaces Using Aptamer Monolayers on Gold,” Langmuir, 2006, 22, 6446-6453.
R. Simon, S. Houck, D.A. Spivak; "Comparison of particle size and flow rate optimization for chromatography using one-monomer molecularly imprinted polymers versus traditional non-covalent molecularly imprinted polymers," Analytica Chimica Acta, 2005, 542, 104-110.
David A. Spivak. "Optimization, evaluation, and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers," Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2005, 57, 1779-1794.
D.A. Spivak. "Selectivity in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers." Molecularly Imprinted Materials, Science and Technology, 2005, M. Yan, O. Ramstrom, Eds.; Marcel Dekker, New York, 395-417.
M. Sibrian-Vazquez, D.A. Spivak.; "Molecular Imprinting Made Easy," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 7827-7833.
Sibrian-Vazquez, M.; Spivak, D.A.; "Improving the Strategy and Performance of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers using Crosslinking Functional Monomers," J.Org. Chem. 2003 68, 9604-9611.
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