Bioinspired framework catalysts: From enzyme immobilization to biomimetic catalysis

KY Wang, J Zhang, YC Hsu, H Lin, Z Han… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic catalysis has fueled considerable interest from chemists due to its high efficiency
and selectivity. However, the structural complexity and vulnerability hamper the application …

Second and outer coordination sphere effects in nitrogenase, hydrogenase, formate dehydrogenase, and CO dehydrogenase

ST Stripp, BR Duffus, V Fourmond, C Léger… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gases like H2, N2, CO2, and CO are increasingly recognized as critical feedstock in “green”
energy conversion and as sources of nitrogen and carbon for the agricultural and chemical …

Nickel: Human health and environmental toxicology

G Genchi, A Carocci, G Lauria, MS Sinicropi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nickel is a transition element extensively distributed in the environment, air, water, and soil.
It may derive from natural sources and anthropogenic activity. Although nickel is ubiquitous …

Designing artificial metalloenzymes by tuning of the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere

C Van Stappen, Y Deng, Y Liu, H Heidari… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino
acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction

C Chen, S Yu, Y Yang, S Louisia, I Roh, J Jin, S Chen… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
C–C coupling is a critical step of CO2 fixation in constructing the carbon skeleton of value-
added multicarbon products. The Wood–Ljungdahl pathway is an efficient natural process …

Engineering Olefin‐Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photoenzymatic Reduction of CO2

Z Zhao, D Zheng, M Guo, J Yu, S Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is of profound significance concerning the global energy and environmental crisis to
develop new techniques that can reduce and convert CO2. To address this challenge, we …

Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

AH Proppe, YC Li, A Aspuru-Guzik… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Capturing and converting solar energy into fuels and feedstocks is a global challenge that
spans numerous disciplines and fields of research. Billions of years of evolution have …

Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction

HS Shafaat, JY Yang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into useful fuels and chemical feedstocks offers great
promise for conversion to a carbon-neutral economy. However, challenges in product …

Metabolic engineering strategies to enable microbial utilization of C1 feedstocks

W Jiang, D Hernández Villamor, H Peng… - Nature Chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract One-carbon (C1) substrates are preferred feedstocks for the biomanufacturing
industry and have recently gained attention owing to their natural abundance, low …