Biocatalytic Porous Silicon Microreactors

Abstract

This review covers the development of the porous silicon micro immobilized enzyme reactor (PS lIMER). The efforts in tailoring the pore morphology to provide an optimal highly catalytic microfluidic component for integration in chemical microanalysis systems are reviewed. Optimization was performed with respect to silicon dopant type, thickness of the porous silicon layer, and the anodization conditions. Applications of the lIMER to sugar monitoring and to glutamate and protein analysis are described.

Microchannel Reactors: Applications and Use in Process Development

“…Laurell (2002) reviews the state-of-art on these and related aspects and cites a number of application areas. A porous silicon micro immobilized enzyme reactor is one such device extensively used in number of applications to biochemical processing and technology.…”