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Inorganic Carriers Entrapment Membrane Describe Ways Enzymes Immobilised

Enzymes can be immobilized through adsorption onto carriers, covalent or ionic bonding to carriers, entrapment within a matrix, or encapsulation within a membrane.

Enzymes can be immobilized through adsorption onto carriers, covalent or ionic bonding to carriers, entrapment within a matrix, or encapsulation within a membrane.

Front Describe 4 ways in which enzymes can be immobilised.
Back Immobilising enzymes:
  • Adsorption to inorganic carriers (cellulose silica, carbon nanotubules, etc)
  • Covalent/ionic bonding to inorganic carriers (ionic - polysaccharides, covalent - amino, hydroxyl, carboxyl)
  • Entrapment within a matrix (polysaccharides, gelatin, activated carbon)
  • Encapsulation - membrane entrapment in microcapsules/behind semi-permeable membrane


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