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Inside Back Cover: Temporal Control over Transient Chemical Systems using Structurally Diverse Chemical Fuels (Chem. Eur. J. 48/2017)
Author(s) -
Chen Jack L.Y.,
Maiti Subhabrata,
Fortunati Ilaria,
Ferrante Camilla,
Prins Leonard J.
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.201703068
Subject(s) - chemistry , cationic polymerization , molecule , dissociation (chemistry) , cleavage (geology) , chemical stability , biophysics , chemical physics , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , fracture (geology) , composite material , biology
Small molecules with multiple negative charges template the formation of vesicular aggregates by stabilizing multivalent interactions with the cationic head group of the surfactants. An enzyme slowly cleaves the molecules leading to a loss of these interactions and, consequently, spontaneous dissociation of the aggregates takes place. The lifetime of the aggregates is determined by the stability of the molecules against enzymatic cleavage. More information can be found in the Full Paper by L. J. Prins et al. on page 11549.