Biocatalyst Immobilization: Foundations and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of biocatalytic immobilization processes, as well as methods for study, characterization and application. Early chapters discuss current progress in enzyme immobilization and methods for selecting and pretreating enzymes prior to immobilization, with an emphasis on navigating common challenges and employing enzyme supports and post immobilization treatments to impact enzymatic activity. Process-based chapters instruct on measuring and reporting on enzyme immobilization efficiency, protein final content, quantification of reaction products, and the use of nanomaterials to characterize immobilized enzymes.
Later chapters examine recent advances, including novel enzymatic reactors, multi-enzymatic biocatalysts, enzymatic biosensors, whole cell immobilization, the industrial application of immobilized enzymes, and perspectives on future trends.
CHAPTER 1 The enzyme, the support, and the immobilization strategy: The key findings to a desirable biocatalyst Karen Rodriguez-Nunez, Claudia Bernal, and Juan M. Boli´var CHAPTER 2 Selection and modification of enzymes prior to immobilization Ja Hyun Lee, Hah Young Yoo, and Seung Wook Kim CHAPTER 3 Various approaches to enzyme immobilization Syed Awais Attique, Qurat ul ain, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal CHAPTER 4 Postimmobilization treatments before applications Karolina Labus and Jolanta Bryjak CHAPTER 5 Support-free immobilization Roberta Bussons Rodrigues Val CHAPTER 6 Measuring and reporting enzyme´s immobilization efficiency Paula Nicolas, Carla Jos CHAPTER 7 Some recent innovations related to enzyme immobilization Bhaskar Das, Satyam, and Sanjukta Patra CHAPTER 8 Enzyme immobilization for use in nonconventional media Maria Laura Foresti and Maria Lujan Ferreira CHAPTER 9 Assaying the biological activities of immobilized enzymes Daniel Sanchez and Maria Lujan Ferreira CHAPTER 10 Enzyme immobilization on nanomaterials and nanostructured supports Azeem Intisar, Mateen Haider, Muhammad Imran Din, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal CHAPTER 11 Oriented immobilization of biomolecules on small surfaces Masumi Iijima and Shunichi Kuroda CHAPTER 12 Affinity immobilization and affinity layers Meryam Sardar and Kainat Mirza CHAPTER 13 New enzymatic reactor designs: From enzymatic batch to 3D microreactors and monoliths Kim Shortall, Katarzyna Szymanska, Cristina Carucci, Tewfik Soulimane, and Edmond Magner CHAPTER 14 Immobilization of multienzymes: Problems and solutions Yingjie Du, Le Zhong, Ziyuan Wang, Yuxiao Feng, Jiandong Cui, and Shiru Jia CHAPTER 15 An introduction to enzymatic biosensors Tayyaba Anjum, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal CHAPTER 16 Industrial applications of immobilized enzymes: Food and beyond Maria Lujan Ferreira CHAPTER 17 Future perspectives in enzyme immobilization Lorena Wilson, Andr
PhD in Chemistry María Luján Ferreira is a Principal Investigator at CONICET (NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH) of Argentina. She has published more than 150 articles in peer reviewed, international journals, and has participated with presentations in more than 80 argentinian scientific events and more than 120 international scientific meetings. Dr. Ferreira has also directed three Assistant Investigators at CONICET. Her research focuses on all practical aspects of enzyme immobilization (including applied biotechnology) and the details of the experimental design of enzymatic reactions: how to prepare immobilized biocatalysts and sampling in biocatalytic reactions ( from biphasic and multiphasic reaction media) avoiding mistakes and optimizing procedures. Her interests include the molecular modeling of biocatalysts. In more than 20 years of scientific career she has studied polymerization catalysts, heterogeneous metallic catalysts and recently also nanozymes and ionzymes applied in environmental remediation (of dyes and pharmaceuticals) using advanced oxidation processes.
