Abstract
Two approaches to synthesize silicon-based catalytic structures that aim at capturing the properties and functionalities of natural enzymes are described in this brief review: unit-by-unit synthesis of macromolecular units and templating/imprinting synthesis of nanocages. The unit-by-unit approach mimics the peptide synthesis method, offers atomic control of the structure, but is inefficient in synthesizing large structures such as nanocages. The templating/imprinting method is more suitable for nanocages at the sacrifice of atomic control, and the nanocages obtained are shown to possess properties exhibited by enzyme cavities.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1187-1192 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Cuihua Xuebao / Chinese Journal of Catalysis |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2008 |
Funding
Received date: 11 October 2008. * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Foundation item: Supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, grant No. DE-FG02-01ER15184 and No. DE-FG02-03ER15457 for the NU Institute for Energy Catalysis. Copyright © 2008, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier BV. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Catalyst synthesis
- Confinement effect
- Dendrimer
- Enzyme analogs
- Imprinting
- Nanocage
- Templating
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry