Dynamically catalysed catalyst

Enzymes mediate most catalytic reactions in nature. EU-funded researchers took a page from nature's book and worked to develop synthetic catalysts that can be controlled in time and space just like enzymes.

The functional potential of synthetic catalysts is limited because of issues with temporal control over catalyst concentrations. Under the aegis of the DYNACAT (Catalysis in dynamic molecular networks) project, scientists explored the utility of dynamic molecular networks for better control over synthetic chemical systems.

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