Enzyme-responsive materials: chirality to program polymer reactivity.

A programmed response: Enzyme-responsive materials have been prepared from enzymatically synthesized, enantiomerically pure monomers. The extent of the material's response is encoded within its chiral makeup. This code can be effectively read out by an enzymatic process, which leads to a change in the thermal properties of the material. The picture shows esterification of chiral alcohol groups on a polymer backbone (green) with vinyl acetate (red). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z702438_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.