Sol–gel chemistry offers a flexible approach to obtaining a diverse range of materials. It
allows differing chemistries to be achieved as well as offering the ability to produce a wide …

This review summarizes principles and current stage of development of fiber-optic chemical
sensors (FOCS) and biosensors (FOBS). Fiber optic sensor (FOS) systems use the ability of …

Engineered living materials (ELMs) are a new class of materials in which living organism
incorporated into diffusive matrices uptake a fundamental role in material's composition and …

The sol-gel process provides a robust and versatile technology for the immobilization of
biologicals. A wide range of inorganic, composites and hybrid materials can be prepared to …

The application of the sol–gel technology to develop host materials for cell-based
biotechnological devices has been continuously explored over the last 20 years. The most …

Cyanobacteria inhabit nearly every ecosystem on earth, play a vital role in nutrient cycling,
and are useful as model organisms for fundamental research in photosynthesis and carbon …

Despite being a promising feedstock for food, feed, chemicals, and biofuels, microalgal
production processes are still uneconomical due to slow growth rates, costly media …

Cadmium contained in soil and water can be taken up by certain crops and aquatic
organisms and accumulate in the food-chain, thus removal of Cd from mining or industrial …

Water pollution control is presently one of the major scientific research areas. Sol–gel
immobilized Pseudomonas sp. able to enzymatically reduce azo groups was used for the …

An adsorbent silica biogel material was developed via silica gel encapsulation of
Pseudomonas sp. NCIB 9816-4, a bacterium that degrades a broad spectrum of aromatic …