Photosensitive Polymeric Janus Micromotor for Enzymatic Activity Protection and Enhanced Substrate Degradation.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c14663
Abstract: Immobilizing enzymes into microcarriers is a strategy to improve their long-term stability and reusability, hindered by (UV) light irradiation. However, in such approaches, enzyme-substrate interaction is mediated by diffusion, often at slow kinetics. In contrast,… read more here.
Keywords: polymeric janus; substrate degradation; degradation; enzymatic activity ... See more keywords
Habitat geometry in artificial microstructure affects bacterial and fungal growth, interactions, and substrate degradation.
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DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02736-4
Abstract: Microhabitat conditions determine the magnitude and speed of microbial processes but have been challenging to investigate. In this study we used microfluidic devices to determine the effect of the spatial distortion of a pore space… read more here.
Keywords: interactions substrate; geometry; growth interactions; substrate degradation ... See more keywords