Metal–catechol complexes mediate ice nucleation. Issue 45 (16th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Huige; Diao, Yunhe; Huang, Beili; Li, Kaiyong; Wang, Jianjun
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 55:Issue 45(2019)
• Page Start: 6413
• Page End: 6416
• Publication Date: 2019-05-16
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02987g
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Metal–catechol complexes are constructed to successively mediate ice nucleation by varying the characteristic and valence of metal. Abstract : The capability of mediating ice nucleation is pertinent to a broad range of fields. Herein, inspired by metal–catechol coordination found in adhesive proteins in which catechol moieties can construct strong complexes with a diverse array of metal ions, we develop a platform for mediating ice nucleation based on metal–catechol complexes and demonstrate that ice nucleation can be successively mediated by varying the characteristics and valence of the metal in metal–catechol complexes.