Dr. C. Remzi Becer

B.Sc.&M.Sc. (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) / Ph.D (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Research Summary

Preparation of functional polymers using metal-free click reactions, living radical/ionic polymerization techniques. Investigations on the structure-property relationships of polymer libraries using parallel synthesis and characterization approaches. Understanding the polymer-lectin interactions using advanced measurement techniques including QCM and SPR.

Selected Publications

Clicking on/with polymers: a rapidly expanding field for the straightforward preparation of novel macromolecular architectures 
Kempe K, Krieg A, Becer CR, Schubert US Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 176-191.

Controlled Alternate Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Lectins and Glycopolymers using QCM-D 
Gou Y, Slavin S, Geng J, Voorhaar L, Haddleton DM, Becer CR ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 180-183.

Microwave-assisted polymerizations: recent status and future perspectives 
Kempe K, Becer CR, Schubert US Macromolecules 2011, 44, 5825-5842.

High affinity glycopolymer binding to human DC-SIGN and disruption of DC-SIGN interactions with HIV envelope glycoprotein
C. R. Becer, M. I. Gibson, J. Geng, R. Ilyas, R. Wallis, D. A. Mitchell, D. M. Haddleton, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15132-15134. 

Click chemistry beyond metal-catalyzed cycloaddition
C. R. Becer, R. Hoogenboom, U. S. Schubert, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4900-4908; Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 4998.