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Chemistry - amplification by compartmentalization

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authors

  • Chen, J.
  • Korner, S.
  • Craig, S. L.
  • Rudkevich, D. M.
  • Rebek Jr., Julius

publication date

  • January 2002

journal

  • Nature  Journal

abstract

  • Autocatalysis and chemical amplification are properties of living systems that can lead to increased responsiveness and to self-replication. Here we describe a synthetic system in which a unique form of reagent compartmentalization gives rise to nonlinear kinetics that are subject to the precise size- and shape-selectivity of the host. The reactivity is reminiscent of autocatalytic behaviour, in which there is no direct contact between reagents and products, and our approach offers a general way to impose complex chemical behaviour onto synthetic systems.
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0028-0836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/415385b

PubMed ID

  • 11807541
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 385

end page

  • 386

volume

  • 415

issue

  • 6870

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