Issue 20, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors†

Aimin Yu,a   Ian Gentle,*a   Gaoqing Lu*a  and  Frank Carusob  

* Corresponding authors

a ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, 4072, Australia
E-mail: i.gentle@uq.edu.au; maxlu@uq.edu.au
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Tel: +61-7-33653885

b Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 3010, Australia
E-mail: fcaruso@unimelb.edu.au
Fax: +61-3-83444153
Tel: +61-3-83443461

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.

Graphical abstract: Nanoassembly of biocompatible microcapsules for urease encapsulation and their use as biomimetic reactors

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B601490A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jan 2006
Accepted
29 Mar 2006
First published
13 Apr 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 2150-2152

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A. Yu, I. Gentle, G. Lu and F. Caruso, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2150 DOI: 10.1039/B601490A

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