Recent progress in magnetic nanoparticles and mesoporous materials for enzyme immobilization: an update

Progresso recente em nanopartículas magnéticas e materiais mesoporosos para imobilização de enzimas: uma atualização

Abstract

Enzymes immobilized onto substrates with excellent selectivity and activity show a high stability and can withstand extreme experimental conditions, and their performance has been shown to be retained after repeated uses. Applications of immobilized enzymes in various fields benefit from their unique characteristics. Common methods, including adsorption, encapsulation, covalent attachment and crosslinking, and other emerging approaches (e.g., MOFs) of enzyme immobilization have been developed mostly in recent years. In accordance with these immobilization methods, the present review elaborates the application of magnetic separable nanoparticles and functionalized SBA-15 and MCM-41 mesoporous materials used in the immobilization of enzymes.

Keywords:
functioned MCM-41 and SBA-15 mesoporous material; magnetic nanoparticle; enzyme immobilization