Novel polymer nanotube composites were fabricated by intercalating poly͑vinylpyrrolidone͒ into Buckypaper from solution. This was carried out for both low ͑10k g/mol͒ and very high ͑1.3M g/mol͒ molecular weight polymers. Measurements of the polymer mass uptake as a function of time allowed the calculation of diffusion coefficients as 1.66ϫ 10 −9 cm 2 / s and 3.08ϫ 10 −12 cm 2 / s for the low and high molecular weight strands, respectively. Taking into account the molecular weights, comparison of these coefficients suggests that each polymer type undergoes a different mode of diffusion: normal diffusion for the 10k g / mol polymer, but reptation for the 1.3M g / mol polymer. This means that while the low weight polymer retains its randomly coiled conformation during diffusion and adsorption, the 1.3M g / mol molecule is forced to adopt an extended, high entropy state. These differences are reflected in the mechanical properties of the intercalated papers. While reinforcement was observed in all cases, modulus ͑increase ϳ ϫ 3.5͒ and strength ͑increase ϳ ϫ 6͒ enhancement occurred at lower polymer content for the longer chain polymer. However, the papers intercalated with the shorter chain molecules were much tougher ͑increase ϳ ϫ 25͒. This is consistent with the conformation scheme described above.

Microperoxidase-11(MP-11) has been immobilized for the first time in hybrid periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) materials and in a nano-crystalline metal organic framework (MOF). Microperoxidase-11 was physically absorbed from solution into the periodic mesoporous organosilica MBS and functionalized derivatives of MBS as well as in the 3-dimensional [Cu(OOC-C 6 H 4 -C 6 H 4 -COO)AE½ C 6 H 12 N 2 ] n metal organic framework. The conversion of Amplex Ò UltraRed and methylene blue to their respective oxidation products by immobilized MP-11 was determined.

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