Fig. 10: Examples of catalysis and inhibition with chiral carbon dots. | Light: Science & Applications

Fig. 10: Examples of catalysis and inhibition with chiral carbon dots.

From: Chiral carbon dots: synthesis, optical properties, and emerging applications

Fig. 10

a Glucose concentration resulting from the maltose degradation for maltase (black line), maltase/L-glutamic acid capped CDs (LCDs, blue line), and maltase/D-glutamic acid capped CDs (DCDs, red line) at different hydrolysis times, and b inhibition ratio of LCDs (blue trace) and DCDs (red trace) with different concentrations after 90 min reaction. c Inhibition of prion peptide fibril assembly with L-/D-lysine derived chiral carbon dots: (i–iii) AFM and (iv–vi) cryo-TEM images of the assembly on silicon wafer in the absence of carbon dots (i, iv), in presence of L-lysine-based carbon dots (ii, v), and in presence of D-lysine-based carbon dots (iii, vi). Bars correspond to 200 nm. a, b Adapted with permission from68 Copyright 2019 Wiley-VCH GmbH. c Adapted with permission from145 Copyright 2018 Wiley-VCH GmbH

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