In recent years, the fabrication of noble metal functionalized magnetic carbon nanotubes for
a variety of novel biosensors has aroused considerable interest owing to their synergistic …

As power factories of organisms, mitochondrial produce electron transfer chains during the
production of energetic adenosine triphosphate, which is ingeniously developed as fuel …

The need for improving the energy harvesting from Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) has boosted
the design of new materials in order to increase the power performance of this technology …

The development of silica-based sol-gel techniques compatible with the retention of protein
structure and function started more than 20 years ago, mainly for the design of …

Xerogel-based first-generation amperometric glucose biosensors, constructed through
specific layer-by-layer assembly of films featuring glucose oxidase doped xerogel, a …

The direct electron transfer (DET) to redox proteins has become a central topic in the
development of biotechnological devices. The present work explores the mechanisms of the …

Silica-based scaffolds are promising in Tissue Engineering by enabling personalized
scaffolds, boosting exceptional bioactivity and osteogenic characteristics. Moreover, silica …

Interactions of a protein with a solid–liquid or a liquid–liquid interface may destabilize its
conformation and hence result in a loss of biological activity. We propose here a method for …

The present work deals with the direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c (cyt c) encapsulated
within a methyl-modified silica film prepared by the sol-gel method. It was observed that the …

A light-driven approach combined with a macroporous reactor for the enzymatic biocatalytic
reaction has been developed by confining the enzyme/photosensitizer nanohybrids in a …