Nanobioconjugates of Candida antarctica lipase B and single-walled carbon nanotubes in biodiesel production.

László Csaba Bencze, Judith H Bartha-Vári, Gabriel Katona, Monica Ioana Toşa, Csaba Paizs, Florin-Dan Irimie

Index: Bioresour. Technol. 200 , 853-60, (2015)

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Abstract

Carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTCOOH) were used as support for covalent immobilization of Candida antarctica lipase B (CaL-B) using linkers with different lengths. The obtained nanostructured biocatalysts with low diffusional limitation were tested in batch mode in the ethanolysis of the sunflower oil. SWCNTCOOH-CaL-B proved to be a highly efficient and stable biocatalyst in acetonitrile (83.4% conversion after 4h at 35°C, retaining >90% of original activity after 10 cycles). Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.