Vanessa Barth
Research Project:
Synthesis of Endoperoxides for Reversible Storage of Oxygen
Oxygen can be reversibly stored in aromatic organic molecules as endoperoxides, emerging as stimulus-responsive materials for the targeted release of oxygen.1 The aim is to synthesize endoperoxide structures involving different triggers for the release of oxygen such as acid, light, mechanical stress, or temperature. In addition to the already known fields of bacterial control2 or cell survival under anoxic conditions3, it will also be investigate whether the endoperoxide structures and their released oxygen could be suitable as a driving force in pneumatic systems.
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2 Wang, X; Bittner, T; M. Milanov, M; Kaul, L; Mundinger, S; Koch, H.-G; Jessen-Trefzer, C; Jessen, H.J. ACS infectious diseases 2021, 7 (8), 2073–2080.
3 Benz, S.; Nötzli, S.; Siegel, J. S.; Eberli, D.; Jessen, H. J. Journal of medicinal chemistry 2013, 56 (24), 10171–10182.