The Physics of Biofunctionality in Nanoconfined Systems

Confinement creates an environment where degrees of freedom are reduced drastically. The major consequence of this reduction is a decrease in entropy and, in a closed system, the concomitant increase in enthalpy or, in other words, potential energy. This enhanced potential energy, on one hand, creates ordering in disordered media and on the other increases reactivity quite considerably. We discuss here some specific instances of enhanced biofunctions in confined systems.