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Cover Picture: Graphene‐Oxide‐Based Enzyme Nanoarchitectonics for Substrate Channeling (Chem. Eur. J. 2/2017)
Author(s) -
Mathesh Motilal,
Liu Jingquan,
Barrow Colin J.,
Yang Wenrong
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201605124
Subject(s) - graphene , nanotechnology , oxide , fabrication , materials science , substrate (aquarium) , nanometre , immobilized enzyme , chemistry , enzyme , organic chemistry , medicine , oceanography , metallurgy , composite material , alternative medicine , pathology , geology
Nanoarchitectonics is defined as the arrangement of molecules at the nanometer scale for functional‐material fabrication. In this artwork, a bienzyme architecture immobilized onto two‐dimensional graphene oxide scaffold is shown. Direct molecular channeling of substrates between enzymes is demonstrated. It was found that the hydrophobicity of graphene oxides and various enzyme architectures for co‐immobilized systems are important attributes for achieving high product‐conversion rates. This work provides insights that help to avoid the current unnecessary complications involved in spatial organization of bienzyme systems. More information can be found in the Full Paper by W. Yang et al. on page 304 ff.