We report a selective method to make functional bio-inorganic materials by mineralizing cobalt-phosphate in the presence of His-tagged enzymes. We have demonstrated that the His-tag drives the biomineralization forming sponge-like structures where both inorganic and biological elements co-localize. The bio-inorganic catalysts were re-used for several redox reaction cycles demonstrating their po...

© 2012 Kovaleva and Molochnikov, licensee InTech. This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. pH-Sensitive Nitroxide Radicals for Studying Inorganic and Organo-Inorgani...

The use of solvents in desalination processes limits the use of certain materials in the construction of the reverse osmosis membranes. Therefore now the research effort has focused on improving new materials. In particular, nanostructured materials will probably form the basis for new reverse osmosis membrane materials. This study makes a review of the new materials used for the construction o...