Mimetic chemistry

Fendler, J. H. Membrane Mimetic Chemistry, John Wiley Sons, New York 1982... 

Fendler J (1983) Membrane mimetic chemistry. Academic press, New York... 

JH Fendler. Membrane Mimetic Chemistry. New York Wiley, 1982. 

J. H. Fendler, in T. F. Yen, R. D. Gilbert, J. H. Fendler (eds.) Membrane-Mimetic Approach to Nanotechnology in Advances in the Applications of Membrane-Mimetic Chemistry, Plenum Press, New York, NY 1994, 1. 

The fluidity is one of the most vital properties of biological membranes. It relates to many functions involved in biological system, and effective biomembrane mimetic chemistry depends on the combination of both stability and mobility of the model membranes. However, in the polymerized vesicles the polymer chain interferes with the motion of the side groups and usually causes a decrease or even the loss of the fluid phases inside the polymerized vesicle (72,13). 

It is essential to state that the heavy fractions such as asphaltene and preasphaltene do contain large numbers of polar molecules (23.24). These polar molecules behave exactly as surfactants or amphiphiles (asphaltene usually contains a long-chain substituent (25)). We again have to emphasize that it is almost not possible to create a colloidal micelle from pure hydrocarbon and water without any surfactant. Hence, we conclude to say that asphaltene or asphaltene-like molecules (as-phaltics) will participate in a manner according to membrane-mimetic chemistry. 

Fendler, J. H. (1982). Membrane Mimetic Chemistry. John Wiley, New York Fredga, A. (1944). In The Svedberg Memorial Volume (ed. A. Tiselius and K. O. 

Fendler JH (1982) Membrane mimetic chemistry characterizations and applications of micelles, microemulsions, monolayers, bilayers, vesicles, host-guest systems, and polyions. Wiley, New York... 

Fendler JH (1987) Atomic and Molecular Clusters in Membrane Mimetic Chemistry. Chem Rev 87 877-899... 

The philosophy of membrane-mimetic chemistry may be illustrated by a comparison of plant photosynthesis with sacrificial water photoreduction in artificial systems the process has been mediated by metal-catalyst-coated semiconductor colloids supported on polymerized vesicles (Fig. 4a) [59-64]. 

This contribution advocates a wet colloid-chemical approach, based on membrane-mimetic chemistry, to the preparation of advanced materials. Only the essential functions of die biological membrane - molecular organization, compartmentalization and discrimination - are imitated in membrane-mimetic chemistry. Membrane-like compartments are constructed and are employed in them situ generation and stabilization of advanced materials. The membrane-mimetic approach is analogous to and inspired by biomineralization - the in vivo formation of inorganic crystals and/or amoiphous particles in biological systems. 

J. H. Fendler, Membrane Mimetic Chemistry , Wiley Interscience, New York, 1982, p. 327. 

Biomimetic chemistry not only provides means of elucidating enzyme and coenzyme functions through manipulation of model systems, but also opens a way to the development of novel polyfunctional catalysts and materials that may or may not exist in nature. On the basis of the advancement of research described in this book, we now stand on the edge of an interdisciplinary valley so that the jump beyond the mimetic chemistry becomes possible in the future. 

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