RT Journal Article
T1 Improving catalase-based propelled motor endurance by enzyme encapsulation†
A1 Simmchen, Juliane
A1 Baeza, Alejandro
A1 Ruiz-Molina, Daniel
A1 Vallet Regí, María Dulce Nombre
AB Biocatalytic propulsion is expected to play an important role in the future of micromotors as it might drastically increase the number of available fuelling reactions. However, most of the enzyme-propelled micromotors so far reported still rely on the degradation of peroxide by catalase, in spite of being vulnerable to relatively high peroxide concentrations. To overcome this limitation, herein we present a strategy to encapsulate the catalase and to graft the resulting enzyme capsules on motor particles. Significant improvement of the stability in the presence of peroxide and other aggressive agents has been observed.
PB Royal Society of Chemistry
SN 2040-3372, ISSN-L: 2040-3364
YR 2014
FD 2014-06-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34725
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34725
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad - CICYT
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 30 abr 2024