Magnetic MOF microreactors for recyclable size-selective biocatalysis
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Authors: | Jia Huo Jordi Aguilera-Sigalat Samir El-Hankari Darren Bradshaw |
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Affiliation: | a School of Chemistry , University of Southampton , Highfield Campus , Southampton SO17 1BJ , UK . Email: ; Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 9076 |
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Abstract: | In this contribution we report a synthetic strategy for the encapsulation of functional biomolecules within MOF-based microcapsules. We employ an agarose hydrogel droplet Pickering-stabilised by UiO-66 and magnetite nanoparticles as a template around which to deposit a hierarchically structured ZIF-8 shell. The resulting microcapsules are robust, highly microporous and readily attracted to a magnet, where the hydrogel core provides a facile means to encapsulate enzymes for recyclable size-selective biocatalysis. |
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