TY - JOUR AU - Correro, M. Rita AU - Dudal, Yves AU - Corvini, Philippe F.-X. AU - Shahgaldian, Patrick PY - 2017/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Engineering Nanosized Organosilica for Molecular Recognition and Biocatalysis Applications: FH-HES Universities of Applied Sciences JF - CHIMIA JA - Chimia VL - 71 IS - 4 SE - Columns, Conference Reports DO - 10.2533/chimia.2017.243 UR - https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/2017_243 SP - 243 AB - A series of synthetic nanomaterials capable of molecular recognition and/or biocatalysis have been produced by exploiting the self-sorting, self-assembly and polycondensation of organosilane building blocks around protein templates. The established methodology allows for the production of thin organosilica layers of controlled thickness, down to nanometer precision. Fully synthetic virus recognition materials have been shown to specifically bind their target virus down to picomolar concentrations. The shielding of natural enzymes allowed producing nanobiocatalysts functioning under harsh operational conditions. ER -