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Nanohybrids Composed of Quantum Dots and Cytochrome P450 as Photocatalysts
Author(s) -
Ipe Binil Itty,
Niemeyer Christof M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200503084
Subject(s) - radical , quantum dot , photochemistry , aqueous solution , chemistry , catalysis , cytochrome c , visible spectrum , irradiation , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , biochemistry , mitochondrion , physics , nuclear physics
Synthesis with light : CdS quantum dots (QDs) generate superoxide and hydroxyl radicals upon UV irradiation in aqueous solution. The radicals are used for activating P450 BSβ enzymes attached at the QD surface, effecting the catalytic transformation of myristic acid into α‐ and β‐hydroxymyristic acid (see picture, R=(CH 2 ) 10 CH 3 ).