Gold Innovations Blog

A recent publication in Nature Chemistry  led to an interesting article in the Chemistry in Industry magazine discussing the development of metals endowed with the properties of organic molecules, such as banana-flavoured gold!

The publication detailed the synthesis of palladium imprinted with the molecular structure of a chiral alkaloid. As well as potentially having useful catalytic properties, such metallo-organic materials could have wide ranging uses in a number of fields.  Examples detailed in the article include loading invasive medical devices with relevant therapeutics to prevent infection or rejection, and potential in the flavours and sensors industry.