Immobilization of thermostable amylase on to magnetite nanoparticles

Biotechnology and nanotechnology are two of the 21st century's most promising technologies. Generally nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. Meanwhile, Biotechnology deals with metabolic and other physiological processes of biological subjects including microorganisms. Association of these two technologies, i.e. nanobiotechnology can play a vital role in developing and implementing many useful tools in the study of life. The term nanotechnology was first introduced by Tokyo Science University Professor Norio Taniguchi (Taniguchi, 1974). There were so many methods are employing for the synthesis of nanoparticles, among those chemical and physical synthesis are prominent. Nanoparticles act as very efficient support materials for enzyme immobilization, because of their ideal characteristics for balancing the key factors that determine biocatalysts efficiency, including specific surface area, mass transfer resistance, and effective enzyme loading.