Single chains of a specially designed polymer fold up in water to form an encapsulated catalytic chamber. This supramolecular assembly strategy mimics the one used by enzymes in nature.
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Giuseppone, N., Lutz, JF. Catalytic accordions. Nature 473, 40–41 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/473040a
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