Polymerization catalyzed by a rhodium/ferritin composite

Takafumi Ueno, Satoshi Abe, Masako Suzuki, Kunio Hirata, Nobutaka Suzuki, Masaki Takata, Yoshihito Watanabe

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Abstract

Recently, chemical application of protein cages has been one of the most attractive targets in the field of bio-nanotechnology. We report here construction of Rh(nbd)·apo-ferritin and the polymerization of phenylacetylene catalyzed by the composite. The crystal structure of Rh(nbd)·apo-ferritin indicates that a subunit of ferritin had three Rh binding sites and all of the sites are located on the interior. We attempted polymeriztion of phenylacetylene using the composite. The UV-vis spectra and GPC results showed that the polymerization proceeded in the ferritin cage.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Oct 19
Externally publishedYes
Event55th SPSJ Annual Meeting - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 2006 May 24 → 2006 May 26

Other

Other55th SPSJ Annual Meeting
CountryJapan
CityNagoya
Period06/5/24 → 06/5/26

Keywords

  • Bio-nanotechnology
  • Ferritin
  • Living polymerization
  • Phenylacetylene
  • Rhodium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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    Ueno, T., Abe, S., Suzuki, M., Hirata, K., Suzuki, N., Takata, M., & Watanabe, Y. (2006). Polymerization catalyzed by a rhodium/ferritin composite. Paper presented at 55th SPSJ Annual Meeting, Nagoya, Japan.