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Synthetic self-assembled models with biomimetic functions
R Fiammengo1, M Crego-Calama, D N Reinhoudt
1Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology, MESA+ Research Institute, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
|December 12, 2001
Abstract:
Self-assembly can be considered a powerful tool in the hand of chemists for the understanding, modeling and mimicking of biological systems. The possibility of reproducing biological functions in synthetic systems obtained by self-assembly is envisioned as a modest but very important step towards the understanding of the mystery of life and its emergence on Earth.