title: Effect of substrate (ZnO) morphology on enzyme immobilization and its catalytic activity.
abstract: In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystals with different morphologies were synthesized and used as substrates for enzyme immobilization. The effects of morphology of ZnO nanocrystals on enzyme immobilization and their catalytic activities were investigated. The ZnO nanocrystals were prepared through a hydrothermal procedure using tetramethylammonium hydroxide as a mineralizing agent. The control on the morphology of ZnO nanocrystals was achieved by varying the ratio of CH3OH to H2O, which were used as solvents in the hydrothermal reaction system. The surface of as-prepared ZnO nanoparticles was functionalized with amino groups using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and tetraethyl orthosilicate, and the amino groups on the surface were identified and calculated by FT-IR and the Kaiser assay. Horseradish peroxidase was immobilized on as-modified ZnO nanostructures with glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker. The results showed that three-dimensional nanomultipod is more appropriate for the immobilization of enzyme used further in catalytic reaction.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China. haixiawu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haixia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xuelei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jingyan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shouwu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo