Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors

Aimin Yu; Ian Gentle; Gaoqing Lu; Frank Caruso

doi:10.1039/b601490a

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Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors

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Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors

Aimin Yu, Ian Gentle, Gaoqing Lu and Frank Caruso

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (20), pp.2150-2152

28/05/2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b601490a

PMID: 16703137

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Biocompatible polypeptide capsules with high enzyme loading and activity prepared by templating mesoporous silica spheres were used as biomimetic reactors for performing CaCO3 synthesis exclusively inside the capsule interior via urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis.

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Title: Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors
Creators: Aimin Yu - University of Queensland
Ian Gentle - University of Queensland
Gaoqing Lu
Frank Caruso - University of Melbourne
Publication Details: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (20), pp.2150-2152
Publisher: Royal Soc Chemistry
Number of pages: 3
Date published: 28/05/2006
Identifiers: 99928701102346
Academic Unit: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; President & VC's Office (VC01)
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors

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