Facile fabrication of shell crosslinked microcapsule by visible light induced graft polymerization for enzyme encapsulation

Abstract

Immobilization of enzymes can effectively improve their stability, facilitate their recycling and reduce the cost, which is of great significance for the development of highly efficient biocatalysis technology. Here a simple strategy to encapsulate enzymes into polymeric microcapsules fabricated by visible light induced graft polymerization on a removable template was developed. The strategy showed a high degree of enzyme loading and excellent reusability of the immobilized enzyme.