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Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Zn 2+ electrospun nanofibers that were a kind of polymer/ionic metal composite was successfully embedded in the hybrid fibers for the first time in the literature, due to chemical interactions between PVA and Zn 2+ . Also, the nanofibers were used as carriers for the first time in enzyme immobilization. The nanofibers were optimized and synthesized by electrospinning technique according to the operational parameters like as PVA concentration (%), Zn 2+ concentration (%), voltage (kV), needle tip-collector distance (cm) and injection speed (ml/h). The morphology and structure of the nanofibers were characterized by SEM, XRD, ATR-FTIR and TGA. Lipase was immobilized on the nanofibers by adsorption and crosslinking methods. According to immobilization results, nanofiber enhanced enzyme stability properties like as thermal stability, pH stability and reusability. Lipase immobilized nanofiber protected 90% of its activity after 14 reuses., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

In this study, lipase was successfully immobilized on polyvinyl alcohol/alginate and polyethylene oxide/alginate nanofibers that were prepared by electrospinning. Results showed that nanofibers (especially polyvinyl alcohol/alginate) enhanced the stability properties of lipase. When the free lipase lost its all activity after 40-60min at high temperatures, both lipase immobilized nanofibers kept almost 65-70% activity at the same time. The lipase immobilized poly vinyl alcohol/alginate and polyethylene oxide/alginate nanofibers protected approximately all of their activities until pH 9. Lipase immobilized polyvinyl alcohol/alginate and polyethylene oxide/alginate nanofibers maintained 60% of their activities after 14 and 7 reuses, respectively. The morphology of nanofibers was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer. As a result, this nanofiber production method, electrospinning, is simple, versatile and economical for preparing appropriate carrier to immobilize the enzymes., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)