title: Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Queensland, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Aimin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gentle
authors.forename: Gaoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caruso
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D011107:Polylysine; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014508:Urea; D014510:Urease; D002119:Calcium Carbonate