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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110796
Keywords
Silica nanoparticles; Ocimum basilicum seeds; Immobilization; Invertase; Enzyme
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For efficient utilization of immobilized invertase enzyme, a novel bio-hybrid support comprising silica nanoparticles and Ocimum basilicum seed was synthesized. Ocimum basilicum seeds provide a natural fibrouspellicular structure which acts as template for assembly of silica nanoparticles. Bio-hybrids of two different morphologies have been obtained by changing the physico-chemical conditions of the assembly process. Developed bio-hybrids were characterized through small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Synchrotron radiation based X-ray micro-computed tomography (SR mu CT), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Incorporation of the nanoparticles results to a fourfold increase in the available surface area of the seeds which is one of the important criteria for an immobilizing support. Synthesized bio-hybrids were used for the immobilization of commercially applicable invertase enzyme and efficient loading of enzyme was realized. Enzyme immobilized bio-hybrids could be easily separated out and reused up to eight times with 82 % retention of enzyme activity. Present work suggests that the unique features of the bio-hybrid make it suitable candidate for immobilization of enzymes in general.
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