Greenificated molecularly imprinted materials for advanced applications

A Ostovan, M Arabi, Y Wang, J Li, B Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) produces artificial binding sites with precise
complementarity to substrates and thereby is capable of exquisite molecular recognition …

Recent progress in molecularly imprinted approach for catalysis

S Muratsugu, S Shirai, M Tada - Tetrahedron Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular imprinting has been developed to prepare space mimicking the shape of
molecule in material, and it has been applied to sensing, adsorption, catalysis, etc …

Synergistic hydrolysis of cellulose by a blend of cellulase-mimicking polymeric nanoparticle catalysts

M Zangiabadi, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-like catalysts by design have been a long sought-after goal of chemists but difficult
to realize due to the challenges in the construction of multifunctionalized active sites with …

Molecularly imprinted synthetic glucosidase for the hydrolysis of cellulose in aqueous and nonaqueous solutions

X Li, M Zangiabadi, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular imprinting is a powerful and yet simple method to create multifunctional binding
sites within a cross-linked polymer network. We report a new class of synthetic glucosidase …

Molecularly imprinted polymers by epitope imprinting: a journey from molecular interactions to the available bioinformatics resources to scout for epitope templates

L Pasquardini, AM Bossi - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
The molecular imprinting of proteins is the process of forming biomimetics with entailed
protein-recognition by means of a template-assisted synthesis. Protein-imprinted polymers …

Emerging functional materials based on chemically designed molecular recognition

W Chen, X Tian, W He, J Li, Y Feng, G Pan - BMC Materials, 2020 - Springer
The specific interactions responsible for molecular recognition play a crucial role in the
fundamental functions of biological systems. Mimicking these interactions remains one of the …

Artificial zinc enzymes with fine-tuned active sites for highly selective hydrolysis of activated esters

MD Arifuzzaman, Y Zhao - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Zinc enzymes are ubiquitous in nature and are frequently used to catalyze the hydrolysis of
carboxylic acid esters, phosphate esters, and amides. Although many models and mimics of …

Site-Selective Catalytic Epoxidation of Alkenes with Tunable Atomic Precision by Molecularly Imprinted Artificial Epoxidases

I Bose, Y Zhao - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Distinction of chemical functionality by their local chemical environment is a skill mastered
by enzymes, evident from the selective synthesis, cleavage, and transformation of peptides …

Contrast-enhancing fluorescence detection of copper ions by functional fluorescent microgels

X Zhou, X Wu, H He, H Liang, X Yang, J Nie… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highly sensitive and selective detection of trace Cu 2+ over fourteen kinds of metal ions in
aqueous solutions was achieved by the use of a novel contrast-enhancing fluorescent …

Chiral gating for size-and shape-selective asymmetric catalysis

X Li, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
A poor or mediocre stereoselectivity is a key roadblock for a chiral catalyst to find practical
adoptions. We report a facile method to create a tunable chiral space near a chiral catalyst to …