Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors.
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.
Yu
Aimin
A
ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Queensland, 4072, Australia.
Gentle
Ian
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Lu
Gaoqing
G
Caruso
Frank
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008863:Microspheres; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D011107:Polylysine / Q000737:chemistry; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014508:Urea / Q000737:chemistry; D014510:Urease / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D011107:Polylysine; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014508:Urea; D014510:Urease; D002119:Calcium Carbonate