Bionanocatalysis: From Design to Applications

Professor Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente is Research professor at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Madrid, Spain. Hi areas of research are the esign of biocatalysts and biosensors, biomacromolecules immobilization, enzyme stabilization, protein purification, and bioprocess design. Muhammad Bilal is an associate professor at the Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland. He has published more than 350 research papers in leading international journals and also serves as an Associate Editor for several of these journals. Dr. Hafiz M.N. Iqbal is a Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. He completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a specialization in Applied Biotechnology and Materials Science at the University of Westminster, London, UK. Dr. Iqbal’s research group is engaged in Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Enzyme Engineering, Bio-catalysis, Bioremediation, Algal Biotechnology, and Applied Biotechnology related research activities. With more than 11,400 citations, Dr. Iqbal has guest-edited several special issues and served as an Editorial Board member for several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Iqbal has published more than 400 scientific contributions in the form of research, reviews, book chapters, and editorials, at several platforms in various journals of national/international repute with high impact factors. Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.

PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES

1. Nanobiocatalysis—a drive towards applied biocatalysis

2. Bi- or multi-enzymatic nanobiocatalytic systems

3. Mechanisms of structural and functional coordination between enzymes and nanostructured cues

4. Engineering enzyme microenvironments

5. Thermal tuning of enzyme activity by magnetic heating

PART 2: PROSPECTIVE NANOCARRIERS TO DESIGN NANO-BIOCATALYSTS

6. Carbon dots-based photocatalyst: synthesis, characteristic attributes, mechanisms, and applications

7. Silica-based nanocarriers

8. Use of magnetic nanoparticles to build magnetic macro porous biocatalyst: prospects and trends

PART 3: EMERGING BIOPROCESSING APPLICATIONS

9. Implementation of nanobiocatalysis in food industry

10. Nano-biocatalysis for food and feed application

11. Nanobiocatalysis for Environmental remediation and protection

12. Nanobiocatalysis for therapeutic applications

13. Nanobiocatalysts for drug delivery

14. Nanobiocatalysis for Biofuel production

15. Nanobiocatalysis for pharmacological and therapeutic applications

16. Self-assembly of small molecules for enzyme mimicry

17. Nanostructured biocatalysis for biotechnological applications

18. Immobilization of enzymes on nanomaterials: necessity, opportunities and drawbacks

19. Environmental Remediation and Protection

20. Biofuels cells

21. Extending the Reach of Computational Approaches to Model Enzyme Catalysis

22. Sugar-processing microbial enzymes