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Bioreactors: A Stable, Reusable, and Highly Active Photosynthetic Bioreactor by Bio‐Interfacing an Individual Cyanobacterium with a Mesoporous Bilayer Nanoshell (Small 17/2015)
Author(s) -
Jiang Nan,
Yang XiaoYu,
Deng Zhao,
Wang Li,
Hu ZhiYi,
Tian Ge,
Ying GuoLiang,
Shen Ling,
Zhang MingXi,
Su BaoLian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201570097
Subject(s) - nanoshell , interfacing , nanotechnology , mesoporous material , materials science , bioreactor , membrane , bilayer , surface modification , nanoporous , biophysics , chemical engineering , chemistry , computer science , biology , biochemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , nanoparticle , computer hardware , catalysis
Inspired by nature, X.‐Y. Yang, G. Tian, B.‐L. Su, and co‐workers develop a novel interfacing encapsulation approach for cell‐surface functionalization. On page 2003, individual cyanobacterium cells are interfaced with nanoporous biohybrid layers within the mesoporous silica layers. The biointerface acts as an egg membrane for cell protection and growth of the outer shell. The resulting bilayer shell efficiently creates a single‐cell photosynthetic bioreactor with high stability, reusability, and activity.