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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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

• 0028-0836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1038/415385b

PubMed ID

• 11807541

Additional Document Info

start page

• 385

end page

• 386

volume

• 415

issue

• 6870