Sepiolite - Chitosan Biocompatible Foams v1

The foams are biohybrid, resistant, biocompatible, biodegradable materials that allow cyanobacteria to survive inside them and produce the desired biofuel. It is a macroporous material with high porosity. Its synthesis is relatively simple, and can be classified into three main steps: formation of the chitosan and sepiolite solutions, freeze-drying them and finally the introduction of the cells inside. This will result in a material with many possibilities, which, despite having some disadvantages such as its low resistance to liquids after synthesis, could be a good option by applying different modifications to suit the needs of the cells.

Preparation and recyclable catalysis performance of functional macroporous polyHIPE immobilized with gold nanoparticles on its surface

The macroporous material PHIPE–PGMA–TETA/Au NPs has an open-cell and porous structure, and can effectively catalyze the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.

Enhanced light-driven catalytic performance of cytochrome P450 confined in macroporous silica

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 macroporous material, which exhibits high bio-conversion efficiency due to the fast diffusion and collision between the enzyme/photosensitizer nanohybrid and the substrate in the reactor.