Nanomaterials for Biocatalysis. Micro and Nano Technologies

Table of Contents

PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES1. Nanobiocatalysis: An introduction2. Nanomaterials for enzyme immobilization3. Enzyme in nanocarrierss: Mathematical modeling and simulations4. Mechanisms of interaction of enzymes and supports5. Nanomaterials based artificial enzymes

PART 2: NANOMATERIALS IN BIOCATALYSTS6. Carbon nanotubes/nanorods7. Gold Nanoparticles in biocatalysis8. Graphene oxides nanoparticles in biocatalysis9. Silica nanoparticles in biocatalysis10. Metal oxide nanoparticles in biocatalysis11. Nanostructured organic supports12. Metal organic frameworks for biocatalysis

PART 3: EMERGING APPICATIONS13. Nanobiocatalysists for Bioelectronics and Biosensors14. Nanobiocatalysists for Therapeutic applications15. Nanobiocatalysists for Biotransformations and biodegradations16. Nanobiocatalysists for Drug delivery17. Nanobiocatalysists for Biofuel cells18. Nanobiocatalysists for Stem Cell Applications19. Nanobiocatalysists for Future trends20. Current pilot scale and industrial scale up applications21. Nanobiocatalysists: Conclusion and Future trends

Authors

Guillermo R. Castro Senior Visiting Professor at the Nanomedicine Research Unit (Nanomed), Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil. 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. Ashok Kumar Nadda Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology. 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. Tuan Anh Nguyen Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. 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. Xianghui Qi Professor in the School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, China. 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. Ghulam Yasin Researcher, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China. 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.