Nanomaterials for Biocatalysis

1st Edition - October 12, 2021
Editors: Guillermo R. Castro, Ashok Kumar Nadda, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Xianghui Qi, Ghulam Yasin
Language: English
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Nanomaterials for Biocatalysis explains the fundamental design concepts and emerging applications of nanoscale biocatalysts, such as bioconversions, bioelectronics, biosensor… Read more

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Nanomaterials for Biocatalysis explains the fundamental design concepts and emerging applications of nanoscale biocatalysts, such as bioconversions, bioelectronics, biosensors, biocomputing and therapeutic applications. Nano-biocatalysts refers to the incorporation of enzymes into nanomaterials. These enzyme-enhanced nanocarriers have many advantages, including low mass transfer limitation, high enzyme capacity, better stabilization, and the formation of single-enzyme nanoparticles. Smart nanocontainers have been developed for the smart release of their embedded active substances. These smart releases can be obtained by using smart coatings as their outer nanoshells.

In addition, these nanocontainers could protect the enzymes from chemical or metabolic alterations on their delivering pathways towards the target. This is an important reference source for materials scientists and chemical engineers who want to know more about how nanomaterials are being used for biocatalysis applications.

Guillermo R. Castro

Guillermo R. Castro is a Full Professor at the Max Planck Laboratory for Structural Biology, Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics of Rosario (MPLbioR, UNR-MPIbpC), which is a partner Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (MPIbpC, MPG), at the Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios (CEI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. His areas of research are microbial and biomedical biotechnology, non-aqueous enzymology, bio-transformations. biopolymers (production and industrial uses), controlled release of molecules, nanobiotechnology, and hybrid materials.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Visiting Professor at the Nanomedicine Research Unit (Nanomed), Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

Ashok Kumar Nadda

Ashok Kumar is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. His research areas are in enzymology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, and bioenergy.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Xianghui Qi

Xianghui Qi is a Professor in the School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, China. His research interests: biosynthesis of high value-added chemicals by microbes and engineered strains; especially focused on the discovery of novel enzymes and strains, directed evolution and rational design of enzymes, metabolic pathways engineering, biotransformation synthesis, microbial omics and metabolic regulation, fermentation engineering, and molecular mechanism of biosynthesis.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor in the School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, China

Ghulam Yasin

Ghulam Yasin is a researcher in the School of Environment and Civil Engineering at Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China. His expertise covers the design and development of hybrid devices and technologies of carbon nanostructures and advanced nanomaterials for for real-world impact in energy-related and other functional applications.

Affiliations and expertise

Researcher, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China