Publication Date:
2015-04-12
Description:
Article Carotenes are naturally abundant, widely studied unsaturated hydrocarbon pigments but their metal-binding ability has been virtually unexplored. Here, the authors demonstrate that they can be used to reversibly assemble and align homo- and hetero-metallic decanuclear chain complexes. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms7742 Authors: Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Yuki Tachibana, Mitsuki Yamashita, Koji Yamamoto, Kohei Masai, Kohei Takase, Teruo Matsutani, Shiori Kawamata, Yuki Kurashige, Takeshi Yanai, Tetsuro Murahashi
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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