Single- and multi-component chiral supraparticles as modular enantioselective catalysts

Nanoscale biological assemblies play crucial roles in all living systems and display a variety of chemical functionalities. Here the authors show that it is possible to replicate some of the biochemical functions in similarly-sized assemblies made from inorganic nanoparticles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Si Li, Juan Liu, Naomi S. Ramesar, Hendrik Heinz, Liguang Xu, Chuanlai Xu, Nicholas A. Kotov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12134-4