Spontaneous deracemizations is a challenging, multidisciplinary subject in current chirality
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …

The importance of autocatalysis spans from practical applications such as in chemically
amplified photoresists, to autocatalysis playing a fundamental role in evolution as well as a …

The reverse tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle (also known as the reverse Krebs cycle) is a
central anabolic biochemical pathway whose origins are proposed to trace back to …

A sudden transition in a system from an inanimate state to the living state—defined on the
basis of present day living organisms—would constitute a highly unlikely event hardly …

The intricate and complex features of enzymatic reaction networks (ERNs) play a key role in
the emergence and sustenance of life. Constructing such networks in vitro enables stepwise …

α-Amino acids are easily accessible through abiotic processes and were likely present
before the emergence of life. However, the role they could have played in the process …

Many enzymes utilize interactions extending beyond the primary coordination sphere to
enhance catalyst activity and/or selectivity. Such interactions could improve the efficacy of …

Herein, the structural defects of metal-free polymeric carbon nitrides were controlled by
making use of different precursors in their syntheses, ie melamine (CN-M) and thiourea (CN …

The development of noncovalent halogen bonding (XB) catalysis is rapidly gaining traction,
as isolated reports documented better performance than the well-established hydrogen …

Bridging between the phenomenologically distinct biological and physical worlds has been
a major scientific challenge since Boltzmann's probabilistic formulation of the second law of …