CL – TechConnect Briefs

Effect of the Kind of Carbon-Based Nanofiller on the Electrical Conductivity and Rheological Melt Behavior of Polypropylene Composites

Garzón C., Palza H., Quijada R., Universidad de Chile, CL

Recent interest in the use of nanoparticles for the manufacture of polymer composites has arisen due to the striking improvements in some properties achieved at lower loadings compared to micrometer fillers. In particular, derivatives of [...]

Beta-glucosidase immobilization on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles and their application in saccharification of wheat straw and Eucalyptus globulus pulps

Valenzuela R., Castro J.F., Parra M.C., Baeza J., Free J., Biotechnology Center, University of Concepcion, CL

Beta-glucosidase from T. reesei was successfully immobilized on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 10 nm, silanized and amino-functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (3-APTS). When silanized and coated the saturation magnetization decreased from [...]

Beta-glucosidase immobilization on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles and their application in saccharification of wheat straw and Eucalyptus globulus pulps

Valenzuela R., Castro J.F., Parra M.C., Baeza J., Free J., Biotechnology Center, University of Concepcion, CL

Beta-glucosidase from T. reesei was successfully immobilized on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 10 nm, silanized and amino-functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (3-APTS). When silanized and coated the saturation magnetization decreased from [...]

The Collaboratory for Structural Nanobiology

Cachau R., Gonzalez-Ibanez A.M., Sandoval and C., Gonzalez-Nilo F., Universidad de Talca, CL

Manufactured nanobiomaterials exploit the unusual properties of nanomaterials to develop new forms of intervention in biological systems. Nanobiotechnology is the field of science focused on the design, synthesis, characterization and application of nanomaterials and nanodevices [...]

Face Selective Adhesion of Gold Nanoparticles onto microcrystal of Cyclodextrin/Octanethiol Inclusion Compound Produced by Magnetron Sputtering

Barrientos L., Merchán J., Yutronic N., Jara P., Universidad de Chile, Doctorant Student, CL

This work describes the self-assembly of stable gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on microcrystal faces of cyclodextrin inclusion compound (CD-IC). giving as result a supramolecular arrangement (Fig. 1). That was obtained by means of magnetron sputtering technique. [...]