In yet another stab at mimicking nature’s chemical innovations, scientists have devised a new way to make artificial receptors that differentiate among similar molecules.
MOLECULAR IMPRINTING. A soon-to-be artificial receptor with a porphyrin template (yellow). B. Grosser/Imaging Technology Group, Beckman Institute
Chemists have long admired how precisely antibodies select specific chemicals in complex biological brews.
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