Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction DOI Creative Commons
Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts

и другие.

Angewandte Chemie, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 136(23)

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024

Abstract Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed understanding and design of stochastic molecular systems—biological, chemical physical—in a move away from mechanical macroscopic analogies that dominated thinking regarding dynamics in 1990s early 2000s (e.g. pistons, springs, etc), to more scale‐relevant concepts underpin out‐of‐equilibrium research sciences today. Ratcheting has established nanotechnology as frontier for energy transduction metabolism, enabled reverse engineering biomolecular machinery, delivering insights into how molecules ‘walk’ track‐based synthesisers operate, acceleration reactions enables be transduced by catalysts (both motor proteins synthetic catalysts), dynamic systems can driven equilibrium through catalysis. The recognition biology, their invention systems, is proving significant areas diverse supramolecular chemistry, covalent DNA nanotechnology, polymer materials science, heterogeneous catalysis, endergonic synthesis, origin life, many other branches science. Put simply, give chemistry direction. Kinetic asymmetry, key feature ratcheting, counterpart structural asymmetry (i.e. chirality). Given ubiquity processes significance behaviour function it surely just fundamentally important. This Review charts recognition, development ratchets, focussing particularly on role which they were originally envisaged elements machinery. Different kinetically asymmetric are compared, consequences discussed. These archetypal examples demonstrate inexorably equilibrium, rather than relax towards it.

Язык: Английский

Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction DOI Creative Commons
Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts

и другие.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 63(23)

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024

Abstract Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed understanding and design of stochastic molecular systems—biological, chemical physical—in a move away from mechanical macroscopic analogies that dominated thinking regarding dynamics in 1990s early 2000s (e.g. pistons, springs, etc), to more scale‐relevant concepts underpin out‐of‐equilibrium research sciences today. Ratcheting has established nanotechnology as frontier for energy transduction metabolism, enabled reverse engineering biomolecular machinery, delivering insights into how molecules ‘walk’ track‐based synthesisers operate, acceleration reactions enables be transduced by catalysts (both motor proteins synthetic catalysts), dynamic systems can driven equilibrium through catalysis. The recognition biology, their invention systems, is proving significant areas diverse supramolecular chemistry, covalent DNA nanotechnology, polymer materials science, heterogeneous catalysis, endergonic synthesis, origin life, many other branches science. Put simply, give chemistry direction. Kinetic asymmetry, key feature ratcheting, counterpart structural asymmetry (i.e. chirality). Given ubiquity processes significance behaviour function it surely just fundamentally important. This Review charts recognition, development ratchets, focussing particularly on role which they were originally envisaged elements machinery. Different kinetically asymmetric are compared, consequences discussed. These archetypal examples demonstrate inexorably equilibrium, rather than relax towards it.

Язык: Английский

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Wiring proton gradients for energy conversion DOI Creative Commons
Xinchen Dai, Cesare Berton, Dong Jun Kim

и другие.

Chemical Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Spiropyran/merocyanine molecular switches can generate metastable proton gradients of four pH units, enabling efficient photoenergy harvesting and conversion.

Язык: Английский

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Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction DOI Creative Commons
Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts

и другие.

Angewandte Chemie, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 136(23)

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024

Abstract Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed understanding and design of stochastic molecular systems—biological, chemical physical—in a move away from mechanical macroscopic analogies that dominated thinking regarding dynamics in 1990s early 2000s (e.g. pistons, springs, etc), to more scale‐relevant concepts underpin out‐of‐equilibrium research sciences today. Ratcheting has established nanotechnology as frontier for energy transduction metabolism, enabled reverse engineering biomolecular machinery, delivering insights into how molecules ‘walk’ track‐based synthesisers operate, acceleration reactions enables be transduced by catalysts (both motor proteins synthetic catalysts), dynamic systems can driven equilibrium through catalysis. The recognition biology, their invention systems, is proving significant areas diverse supramolecular chemistry, covalent DNA nanotechnology, polymer materials science, heterogeneous catalysis, endergonic synthesis, origin life, many other branches science. Put simply, give chemistry direction. Kinetic asymmetry, key feature ratcheting, counterpart structural asymmetry (i.e. chirality). Given ubiquity processes significance behaviour function it surely just fundamentally important. This Review charts recognition, development ratchets, focussing particularly on role which they were originally envisaged elements machinery. Different kinetically asymmetric are compared, consequences discussed. These archetypal examples demonstrate inexorably equilibrium, rather than relax towards it.

Язык: Английский

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