Enzyme entrapment, biocatalyst immobilization without covalent attachment

HT Imam, PC Marr, AC Marr - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In entrapment an active species, which is often a catalyst, is trapped within a material by a
solid or gel forming event; thus, it becomes dispersed within the solid or semi-solid matrix …

Hydrogels as functional components in artificial cell systems

ME Allen, JW Hindley, DK Baxani, O Ces… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent years have seen substantial efforts aimed at constructing artificial cells from various
molecular components with the aim of mimicking the processes, behaviours and …

Enzyme immobilization in hydrogels: A perfect liaison for efficient and sustainable biocatalysis

J Meyer, LE Meyer, S Kara - Engineering in Life Sciences, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalysis is an established chemical synthesis technology that has by no means been
restricted to research laboratories. The use of enzymes for organic synthesis has evolved …

Engineering hybrid microgels as particulate emulsifiers for reversible Pickering emulsions

H Jiang, S Zhang, G Sun, Y Li, X Guan, C Yang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermo-responsive microgels are unique stabilizers for stimuli-sensitive Pickering
emulsions that can be switched between the state of emulsification and demulsification by …

An overview of cytochrome P450 immobilization strategies for drug metabolism studies, biosensing, and biocatalytic applications: challenges and opportunities

D Valikhani, JM Bolivar, JN Pelletier - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome P450s (P450s or CYPs) are a large superfamily of ubiquitous heme proteins.
Consistent with their natural roles in oxidative metabolism of a broad range of substrates …

Preparation of isocyanate-containing hydrogel films as antibacterial enzyme immobilization matrices

M Bat-Ozmatara, A Ünlü, TN Gevrek - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfobetaine-based isocyanate-containing hydrogel films were synthesized on glass
surfaces and the immobilization of small molecules and proteins onto those films was …

Supramolecular assemblies of multifunctional microgels for biomedical applications

J Zheng, C Zhu, X Xu, X Wang, J Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical materials with outstanding biochemical and mechanical properties have great
potential in tissue engineering, drug delivery, antibacterial, and implantable devices …

Responsive microgels and microgel assemblies in biocatalytic applications

NC Dubey, D Gaur, BP Tripathi - Journal of Polymer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microgels are soft particles that offer excellent colloidal stability, large surface area, and fluid‐
like transport characteristics, making them ideal for enzyme immobilization and reaction …

Nanostructuring the Interior of Stimuli-Responsive Microgels by N-Vinylimidazoles Quaternized with Hydrophobic Alkyl Chains

T Belthle, DE Demco, A Pich - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functionality of stimuli-responsive microgels can be tailor-made by manipulating their
internal nanostructure induced by the chemical composition and morphology of the polymer …

[HTML][HTML] FLIM nanoscopy resolves the structure and preferential adsorption in the co-nonsolvency of PNIPAM microgels in methanol-water

SP Centeno, K Nothdurft, AS Klymchenko… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Polymer microgels are swollen macromolecular networks with a typical size of hundred of
nanometers to several microns that show an extraordinary open and responsive architecture …