Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Light-triggered enzymatic reactions in nested vesicle reactors

  • James W. Hindley,
  • Yuval Elani,
  • Catriona M. McGilvery,
  • Simak Ali,
  • Charlotte L. Bevan,
  • Robert V. Law,
  • Oscar Ces

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03491-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Matryoshka doll-like, nested vesicles, each containing a different ingredient to a chemical reaction, can serve as microreactors. Here, the authors developed a system in which mixing of the ingredients can be induced by irradiation with ultraviolet light.