Abstract:
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a biological assembly for performing biocatalysis includes a biological component. The assembly further includes a porous shell layer at least partially coating the biological component. The porous shell layer includes an inorganic network having a cationic component and an anionic component.
Abstract:
A composition or article that includes a first silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial, the first silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial including a first silica matrix and a first biomaterial; and a second silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial, the second silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial including a second silica matrix and a second biomaterial, wherein the first silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial has at least one property that is different than that of the second silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial, and wherein the first silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial forms a first layer and the second silica-matrix encapsulated biomaterial forms a second layer, and the first layer is positioned adjacent the second layer.