Stereospecific interactions between chiral inorganic nanomaterials and biological systems

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 8; pp. 2481 - 253
• Main Authors: Zhao, Xueli, Zang, Shuang-Quan, Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 21.04.2020
• Subjects: Amino acids; Animals; Biocompatibility; Biocompatible Materials - chemistry; Biocompatible Materials - metabolism; Bioengineering; Biological activity; Biomolecules; catalytic activity; Chirality; Enantiomers; enantioselectivity; Humans; Inorganic Chemicals - chemistry; Inorganic Chemicals - metabolism; medicine; Nanomaterials; Nanostructures - chemistry; optical isomerism; Selectivity; Stereoisomerism; stereospecificity; Sugar; therapeutics

Chirality is ubiquitous in nature and plays mysterious and essential roles in maintaining key biological and physiological processes. As biological systems display high selectivity for chiral biomolecules, chiral bio-nanoscience has become a popular research field during the last decade. Homochirali...