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SUBMITTER: Li D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3890842 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Dan D Furukawa Hiroyasu H Deng Hexiang H Liu Cong C Yaghi Omar M OM Eisenberg David S DS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131223 1
New materials capable of binding carbon dioxide are essential for addressing climate change. Here, we demonstrate that amyloids, self-assembling protein fibers, are effective for selective carbon dioxide capture. Solid-state NMR proves that amyloid fibers containing alkylamine groups reversibly bind carbon dioxide via carbamate formation. Thermodynamic and kinetic capture-and-release tests show the carbamate formation rate is fast enough to capture carbon dioxide by dynamic separation, undiminis ...[more]