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Direct Translation of Chiral Recognition into Mechanical Motion
Author(s) -
Schneider HansJörg,
Kato Kazuaki
Publication year - 2007
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.200604664
Subject(s) - translation (biology) , self healing hydrogels , polymer , chitosan , chemistry , sensitivity (control systems) , materials science , nanotechnology , composite material , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , engineering , messenger rna , gene , electronic engineering
Small cause, large effect : The D and L enantiomers of diphenyltartaric acid incur different interactions with chitosan hydrogels and lead to a chemomechanical effect (see scheme), which is expressed through clear differences in the volume of the polymer particles. Increased sensitivity is possible by reducing the size of the polymer particles.