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高等学校化学研究 ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 842-846.

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Facile and High Efficient Fabrication of Hybrid Microcapsules for Urease Encapsulation and Their Use as Biomimetic Reactors

GAO Quan-xing, WANG Chao-yang* and TONG Zhen   

  1. Research Institute of Materials Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
  • 收稿日期:2009-11-16 修回日期:2009-12-29 出版日期:2010-09-25 发布日期:2010-11-26
  • 通讯作者: WANG Chao-yang. E-mail: zhywang@scut.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20874030 and 50973034), the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(No.2009ZZ0036) and the Planned Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province, China (No.2010B010800017).

Facile and High Efficient Fabrication of Hybrid Microcapsules for Urease Encapsulation and Their Use as Biomimetic Reactors

GAO Quan-xing, WANG Chao-yang* and TONG Zhen   

  1. Research Institute of Materials Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
  • Received:2009-11-16 Revised:2009-12-29 Online:2010-09-25 Published:2010-11-26
  • Contact: WANG Chao-yang. E-mail: zhywang@scut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20874030 and 50973034), the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(No.2009ZZ0036) and the Planned Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province, China (No.2010B010800017).

摘要: Urease-loaded colloidosome microcapsules with SiO2 nanoparticle shells and gellan gel cores were prepared facilely and highly efficiently by self-assembly of colloidal particles at the liquid-liquid interfaces and subsequently in-situ gelation of gellan gum. The urease-loaded colloidosome microcapsules were used as an enzymatic reactor to produce calcium carbonate precipitates by urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis in the presence of calcium cations. The CaCO3/SiO2 shells were formed finally around the gellan gel cores. The colloidosome microcapsules used as a biomimetic reactor has been demonstrated for the first time.

关键词: Microcapsule, Core-shell structure, Self-assembly

Abstract: Urease-loaded colloidosome microcapsules with SiO2 nanoparticle shells and gellan gel cores were prepared facilely and highly efficiently by self-assembly of colloidal particles at the liquid-liquid interfaces and subsequently in-situ gelation of gellan gum. The urease-loaded colloidosome microcapsules were used as an enzymatic reactor to produce calcium carbonate precipitates by urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis in the presence of calcium cations. The CaCO3/SiO2 shells were formed finally around the gellan gel cores. The colloidosome microcapsules used as a biomimetic reactor has been demonstrated for the first time.

Key words: Microcapsule, Core-shell structure, Self-assembly