BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF SURFACE MODIFIED CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES

ABSTRACT Re-engineering of chemical materials at the nanoscale level that employ modification and improvement in their physical and chemical properties has been constantly pursued for application in biomedical and biotechnology industries. Moreover, immobilization of catalysts on these bio/chemically modified nanomaterials improved the performance of enzymes in a plethora of industrial uses. Hence, in this study, cerium oxide nanoparticles (CNPs) were synthesized and their morphology was investigated by TEM and UV-spectra. They were modified by carboxylation and glutaraldehyde to achieve highl...