Structures made of polymer chains allow organic catalysts to work in water
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Organic catalysts are essential for a number of industrial applications, but their inability to work within the same system or in water means that their efficiency is somewhat limited. Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology believe that they may have solved this problem by taking a leaf out of the structure of nature's own catalysts – enzymes. This could help to make industrial processes such as drug manufacturing both faster and cheaper.