TY - JOUR
T1 - The quantized chemical reaction resonantly driven by multiple MIR-photons
T2 - from nature to the artificial
AU - Zhang, Feng
AU - Song, Bo
AU - Jiang, Lei
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFE0205501) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21988102, 51763019 and U1832125).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Biochemical reactions in vivo occur at the temperature usually lower than that in vitro, however the underlying mechanism still remains a challenge. Inspired by our recent studies of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) releasing photons to resonantly drive DNA replication in a quantum way, we propose a quantized chemical reaction driven by multiple mid-infrared (MIR) photons. The space confinement effect of enzymes on a reactant molecule increases the lifetime of excitation state of its bond vibration, providing a chance for the bond to resonantly absorb multiple photons. Although the energy of each MIR photon is significantly lower than that of chemical bond, the resonant absorption of multiple photons can break the appointed bond of confined molecules. Different from the traditional thermochemistry and photochemistry, the quantized chemical reactions could have a high energy efficiency and ultrahigh selectivity. In addition, we also suggest a quantum driving source for our quantum-confined superfluid reactions proposed previously. The quantized chemical reaction resonantly driven by multiple MIR photons holds great promise to develop novel approaches for the chemical engineering in future. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
AB - Biochemical reactions in vivo occur at the temperature usually lower than that in vitro, however the underlying mechanism still remains a challenge. Inspired by our recent studies of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) releasing photons to resonantly drive DNA replication in a quantum way, we propose a quantized chemical reaction driven by multiple mid-infrared (MIR) photons. The space confinement effect of enzymes on a reactant molecule increases the lifetime of excitation state of its bond vibration, providing a chance for the bond to resonantly absorb multiple photons. Although the energy of each MIR photon is significantly lower than that of chemical bond, the resonant absorption of multiple photons can break the appointed bond of confined molecules. Different from the traditional thermochemistry and photochemistry, the quantized chemical reactions could have a high energy efficiency and ultrahigh selectivity. In addition, we also suggest a quantum driving source for our quantum-confined superfluid reactions proposed previously. The quantized chemical reaction resonantly driven by multiple MIR photons holds great promise to develop novel approaches for the chemical engineering in future. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
KW - high efficiency and ultrahigh selectivity
KW - multiple mid-infrared (MIR)/far-infrared (FIR)-photon driving
KW - quantized bio-synthesis
KW - quantized chemical engineering
KW - quantized chemical reaction
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U2 - 10.1007/s12274-021-3426-8
DO - 10.1007/s12274-021-3426-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102616058
SN - 1998-0124
VL - 14
SP - 4367
EP - 4369
JO - Nano Research
JF - Nano Research
IS - 12
ER -