Scientists take key step toward custom-made nanoscale chemical factories
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 13:41
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have for the first time reengineered a building block of a geometric nanocompartment that occurs naturally in bacteria. They introduced a metal binding site to its shell that will allow electrons to be transferred to and from the compartment. This provides an entirely new functionality, greatly expanding the potential of nanocompartments to serve as custom-made chemical factories.