A brief overview of nanoreactors: types and applications
Subject Areas : Others
Abdulhamid
Dehghani
1
(Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran)
Milad
Ghezelsofloo
2
(Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran)
Leila
Moradi
3
(Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran)
Keywords: Self-assembled nanoreactors, Nanoreactors, Natural and synthetic nanoreactors,
Abstract :
A very challenging concern of researchers in the last century has always been the production of chemicals at the nanometer scale, and at the same time, chemists have tried to understand how basic chemical principles change when systems are confined to nanoscale spaces. A long-pursued goal in nanoscience is to capture the essence of structures and functions of complex biological systems, as epitomised by cells, by creating artificial nanostructures in a rational manner. For this purpose, different strategies have been proposed and experimentally investigated. In the meantime, nanoreactors have been proposed as an emerging phenomenon and a new practical and scientific strategy for the production of nanomaterials. Nanoreactors change the basic chemical nature of molecules and moieties within them, and alter how they behave in chemical reactions. In fact, nanoreactors are very small chambers of nanometer size that protect the catalysts or the drug that is placed as a guest inside the nanoreactor structure from environmental influences, and they enclose reactants and catalysts in a small space for a long time, and as a result, they show great potential for improving chemical processes.The important point is that in addition to performing a wide range of chemical reactions, the space inside nanoreactors is a suitable environment for the production of various nanostructures. In this article, nanoreactors and some of their applications are briefly introduced.
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