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Bappaditya Samanta1, Xiao-Chao Yang, Yuval Ofir
1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|June 16, 2009
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Involuntary association: Anionic beta-galactosidase enzymes associate with positively charged Au nanoparticles to produce reduced-charge conjugates, which assemble at oil-water interfaces to result in stable microcapsules (see picture). The microcapsules were formed quickly and showed high enzymatic activity, which makes them promising materials for biotechnology applications.
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