A catalytically active oscillator made from small organic molecules.

ABSTRACT: Oscillatory systems regulate many biological processes, including key cellular functions such as metabolism and cell division, as well as larger-scale processes such as circadian rhythm and heartbeat^1-4. Abiotic chemical oscillations, discovered originally in inorganic systems^5,6, inspired the development of various synthetic oscillators for application as autonomous time-keeping systems in analytical chemistry, materials chemistry and the biomedical field^7-17. Expanding their role beyond that of a pacemaker by having synthetic chemical oscillators periodically drive a secondary function would turn them into significantly more powerful tools. However, this is not trivial because the participation of components of the oscillator in the secondary function mig

SUBMITTER: Ter Harmsel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10482680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature