Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (s1): 17-25.

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Nanoconfined Ordered-Assembly Reaction

LIU Shijie1,2, ZHANG Xiqi1, JIANG Lei1,2,3   

  1. 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3 Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • Online:2019-12-17 Published:2019-10-10
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51603211, 51673107) and National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0200803).

Abstract: Nanoconfined chemical reactions in different dimensions generally exhibit enhanced performance, as a consequence of nanoconfinement, yet the inherent mechanism of this nanoconfinement-enhanced performance remains elusive. Here, our perspectives on nanoconfined chemical reactions are first provided, followed by nanoconfined pre-assembled reactions. Then, ultrafast mass transport behaviors in biological and artificial nanochannels are discussed and the quantum-confined superfluid concept is introduced. Inspired by the pro-grammed-assembly reaction in living organisms, a new concept of ordered-assembly reaction is proposed through combining quan-tum-confined superfluid with frontier molecular orbital theory, to understand the inherent mechanism of high-performance nanoconfined chemical reactions. Finally, the prospective for future development of the ordered-assembly reaction concept is presented.

Key words: nanochannels, nanoconfinement, quantum-confined superfluid, frontier molecular orbital theory, ordered-assembly reaction