Bio-Enzyme Hybrid with Nanomaterials: A Potential Cargo as Sustainable Biocatalyst
Wan Yuen Tan, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Periasamy Anbu, Ahmad Radi Wan Yaakub, Sreeramanan Subramanıam, Yeng Chen, Sreenivasan Sasidharan
Abstract
With advancements in bionanotechnology, the field of nanobiocatalysts has undergone rapid growth and revolutionized various nanomaterials as novel and fascinating nanocarriers for enzyme immobilization. Nanotubes, nanofibers, nanopores, nanoparticles, and nanocomposites have been successfully developed and used as nanocarriers. The construction of robust nanobiocatalysts by combining enzymes and nanocarriers using various enzyme immobilization techniques is gaining incredible attention because of their extraordinary catalytic performance, high stability, and ease of reusability under different physical and chemical conditions. Creating appropriate surface chemistry for nanomaterials promotes their downstream applications. This review discusses enzyme immobilization on nanocarriers and highlights the techniques, properties, preparations, and applications of nanoimmobilized enzymes.