Issue 3, 2015

Magnetic MOF microreactors for recyclable size-selective biocatalysis

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.

Graphical abstract: Magnetic MOF microreactors for recyclable size-selective biocatalysis

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
03 Nov 2014
Accepted
17 Dec 2014
First published
17 Dec 2014
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 1938-1943

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Magnetic MOF microreactors for recyclable size-selective biocatalysis

J. Huo, J. Aguilera-Sigalat, S. El-Hankari and D. Bradshaw, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 1938 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03367A

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