Project description
Enzymatic catalysis is important in the pharmaceutical industry but they are inherently slow. The vortex fluidic device delivers shear stress to liquids which is effective in dramatically accelerating enzymatic reactions, which is understood mechanistically. We are developing such processing where the enzyme is tethered to the surface of the glass tube or is attached to large magnetic particles for ease of separation from the product post VFD processing, or are agglomerated through incorporating the enzymes into metal organic frameworks (MOFs), as strategies for the pharmaceutical industry.
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Raston Laboratory
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