Immobilization of Protein on Mesoporous Carbon and Related Materials

Immobilization of Protein on Mesoporous Carbon and Related Materials 

As seen in the comparison of mesoporous silica and PMO in protein adsorption behavior, the nature of the framework of mesoporous materials has unavoidable influence on the protein adsorption. Therefore, adsorption of protein on mesoporous structures composed of hydrophobic materials such as carbon is worthy of detailed investigation. In this section, systematic research on protein adsorption on mesoporous carbon materials by Vinu and coworkers is mainly introduced. 

Vinu et al.,J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 709, 6436. 2005, American Chemical Society. 

Reprinted with permission from [154], A. Vinu et al.,J. Mater. 

Recent reports describe the use of various porous carbon materials for protein adsorption. For example, Hyeon and coworkers summarized the recent development of porous carbon materials in their review [163], where the successful use of mesoporous carbons as adsorbents for bulky pollutants, as electrodes for supercapacitors and fuel cells, and as hosts for protein immobilization are described. Gogotsi and coworkers synthesized novel mesoporous carbon materials using ternary MAX-phase carbides that can be optimized for efficient adsorption of large inflammatory proteins [164]. The synthesized carbons possess tunable pore size with a large volume of slit-shaped mesopores. They demonstrated that not only micropores (0.4—2 nm) but also mesopores (2-50 nm) can be tuned in a controlled way by extraction of metals from carbides, providing a mechanism for the optimization of adsorption systems for selective adsorption of a large variety of biomolecules. Furthermore, Vinu and coworkers have successfully developed the synthesis of 

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