Evolving Random Heteropolymers Toward Catalytically Active Materials

The present disclosure relates to using monomer-based heteropolymers to create random heteropolymers that act as biomimetic catalysts that can be evolved to mimic activities of different classes of natural enzymes. The random heteropolymers comprise a mixture of heteropolymer sequences wherein a portion of the heteropolymers comprise a catalytically active region similar to that of a naturally occurring enzyme active site.

Researchers

Alfredo Alexander-Katz / Philjun Kang / Hao Yu / Stefan Eres / Ting Xu / Shayna Hilburg

Departments: Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis, Polymers
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials

  • evolving random heteropolymers toward catalytically active materials
    United States of America | Pending
  • evolving random heteropolymers toward catalytically active materials
    United States of America | Published application

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