Support curvature and conformational freedom control chemical reactivity of immobilized species

Tino Zdobinsky; Pradipta Sankar Maiti; Rafal Klajn

doi:10.1021/ja411573a

Support curvature and conformational freedom control chemical reactivity of immobilized species

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Feb 19;136(7):2711-4. doi: 10.1021/ja411573a. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

Authors

Tino Zdobinsky¹, Pradipta Sankar Maiti, Rafal Klajn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel.

PMID: 24320557
DOI: 10.1021/ja411573a

Abstract

We show that bimolecular reactions between species confined to the surfaces of nanoparticles can be manipulated by the nature of the linker, as well as by the curvature of the underlying particles.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anthracenes / chemistry
Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry*
Enzymes, Immobilized / metabolism
Gold / chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
Models, Molecular
Protein Conformation
Surface Properties

Substances

Anthracenes
Enzymes, Immobilized
Gold
anthracene