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In this study, polyelectrolyte-coated magnetic silica nanocomposites were prepared via the covalent attachment of polyelectrolytes onto the as-prepared magnetite-silica particles with core-shell structures and average diameter of 210±50 nm, and subsequently applied for the immobilization of lipase molecules. In this regard, polyethyleneimine (PEI) with two molecular weights of 10000 and 750000 and polyacrylic acid (PAA) with two molecular weights of 1800 and 100000 were utilized. The type and molecular weight of the polyelectrolyte molecules greatly impacted the concentration of binding sites on the particles surface and consequently on the lipase immobilization efficiency and loading... 

In recent years, the biodegradation of micro-contaminants using enzymes has attracted the attention of many researchers in the field of environment and health. Micro- and nano-scale environments play an important role in enzymatic catalysis that directly affects the activity and stability of enzymes. Therefore, setting a nanoscale environment for enzymes is very important, especially in liquids with undesirable properties (such as pH, temperature, toxicity, etc.) in this work, a method proposed in which the pH and the substrate concentration are regulated for enzymatic catalysis using a metal-organic framework, consisting of Glucose Oxidase (GOx) and Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) immobilized...