Static electricity is central to many day-to-day practical technologies, from separation
methods in the recycling of plastics to transfer inks in photocopying, but the exploration of …

Even though enzymes are the cornerstones of living systems, it has so far proven difficult to
deploy artificial catalysts in a biological setting. Organocatalysts are arguably well-suited …

During the billions of years of the evolutionary journey, primitive polymers, involved in proto
metabolic pathways with low catalytic activity, played critical roles in the emergence of …

The structural arrangement of amino acid residues in native enzymes underlies their
remarkable catalytic properties, thus providing a notable point of reference for designing …

The remarkable efficiency of chemical reactions is the result of biological evolution, often
involving confined water. Meanwhile, developments of bio-inspired systems, which exploit …

Enzymes are highly evolved catalysts that perform their tasks with high efficiency. 1 Hence,
they may constitute a very attractive reference in the development of a synthetic catalyst. The …

Hydrolytic nanozymes, as promising alternatives to hydrolytic enzymes, can efficiently
catalyze the hydrolysis reactions and overcome the operating window limitations of natural …

Enzymes, as nature's catalysts, speed up the very reactions that make life possible.
Hydrolytic enzymes are a particularly important enzyme class responsible for the catalytic …

Nature offers a variety of interesting structures and intriguing functions for researchers to be
learnt for advanced materials innovations. Recently, bioinspired materials have received …

Glucagon is a prominent peptide hormone, playing central roles in the regulation of glucose
blood-level and lipid metabolism. Formation of glucagon amyloid fibrils has been previously …