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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/57991 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation
Author: Rossius, S.G.H.
Title: Q-wires': Synthesis, electrochemical properties and their application in electro- enzymology
Issue Date: 2017-09-26
'Q-wires': Synthesis,
electrochemical properties and their application in electro-enzymology
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden op gezag van Rector Magnificus Prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties, te verdedigen op dinsdag 26 september 2017
klokke 16:15 uur
door
Sebastiaan Gijsbertus Hendrik Rossius
geboren te Rotterdam in 1982Promotiecommissie
Promotor Prof. dr. M.T.M. Koper
Copromotor Dr. ir. H.A. Heering (Wageningen University &
Research)
Overige leden Prof. dr. H.S. Overkleeft Prof. dr. G.W. Canters Prof. dr. A. Kros
Prof. dr. W.R. Hagen (Delft University of Technology)
Prof. dr. K. De Wael (University of Antwerp)
The research described in this thesis was performed in the (former) Protein Chemistry group and in the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry group of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
The research described in this thesis was financially supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), ECHO grant 700.58.002
'Q-wires': Synthesis, electrochemical properties and their application in electro-enzymology
Sebastiaan G.H. Rossius
Doctoral thesis, Leiden University, 2017
ISBN number: 978-94-6182-828-6
© 2017, S.G.H. Rossius
Printed by: Off Page, The Netherlands
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Exploring the chemistry of quinone-terminated oligo(phenylenevinylene) molecular wires
15
Chapter 3 Synthesis of a series of quinone-terminated oligo(phenylenevinylene) molecular wires
41
Chapter 4 Electrochemical characterization of gold electrode-bound quinone-terminated oligo(phenylenevinylene) molecular wires
65
Chapter 5 Electrochemistry of electrode surface-tethered respiratory enzymes
97
Samenvatting/Summary 129
Appendices 137
List of abbreviations and symbols 145
Curriculum Vitae 149
