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Chemical Science

A chemical circular communication network at the nanoscale†

Beatriz de Luis, ORCID logo ab   Ángela Morellá-Aucejo,ab   Antoni Llopis-Lorente, ORCID logo ab   Tania M. Godoy-Reyes,ab   Reynaldo Villalonga,e   Elena Aznar, ORCID logo ab   Félix Sancenónab  and  Ramón Martínez-Máñez ORCID logo *abcd  

* Corresponding authors

a Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
E-mail: rmaez@qim.upv.es

b CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain

c Unidad Mixta UPV-CIPF de Investigación en Mecanismos de Enfermedades y Nanomedicina, Universitat Politècnica de València, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

d Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Nanomedicina y Sensores, Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain

e Nanosensors & Nanomachines Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

In nature, coordinated communication between different entities enables a group to accomplish sophisticated functionalities that go beyond those carried out by individual agents. The possibility of programming and developing coordinated communication networks at the nanoscale—based on the exchange of chemical messengers—may open new approaches in biomedical and communication areas. Here, a stimulus-responsive circular model of communication between three nanodevices based on enzyme-functionalized Janus Au–mesoporous silica capped nanoparticles is presented. The output in the community of nanoparticles is only observed after a hierarchically programmed flow of chemical information between the members.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC04743K
Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
28 Aug 2020
Accepted
29 Nov 2020
First published
09 Dec 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 1551-1559

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A chemical circular communication network at the nanoscale

B. de Luis, Á. Morellá-Aucejo, A. Llopis-Lorente, T. M. Godoy-Reyes, R. Villalonga, E. Aznar, F. Sancenón and R. Martínez-Máñez, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 1551 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04743K

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