A microfluidic system incorporated with peptide/Pd nanowires for heterogeneous catalytic reactions

Lab Chip. 2011 Feb 7;11(3):378-80. doi: 10.1039/c0lc00448k. Epub 2010 Dec 8.

Abstract

Highly stable diphenylalanine peptide nanowires were selectively self-assembled in the reaction zone of a microfluidic system and applied for microchemical hydrogenation and Suzuki coupling reactions through the hybridization of Pd nanoparticles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Dipeptides
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Hydrogenation
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Nanowires / chemistry*
  • Nanowires / ultrastructure*
  • Palladium / chemistry
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives

Substances

  • Dipeptides
  • Peptides
  • phenylalanylphenylalanine
  • Phenylalanine
  • Palladium