Abstract
Single cell surface engineering provides the most efficient, non-genetic strategy to enhance cell stability. However, it remains a huge challenge to improve cell stability in complex artificial environments. Here, a soft biohybrid interfacial layer is fabricated on individual living-cell surfaces by their exposure to a suspension of gold nanoparticles and l-cysteine to form a protecting functional layer to which porous silica layers were bound yielding pores with a diameter of 3.9 nm. The living cells within the bilayered nanoshells maintained high viability (96 ± 2%) as demonstrated by agar plating, even after five cycles of simultaneous exposure to high temperature (40 °C), lyticase and UV light. Moreover, yeast cells encapsulated in bilayered nanoshells were more recyclable than native cells due to nutrient storage in the shell.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4730-4735 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Chemical Science |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
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Physical Chemistry and characterization(PC2)
Wouters, J. (Manager), Aprile, C. (Manager) & Fusaro, L. (Manager)
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