Functional Surfaces: Bio-Hybrid Membranes for Biosensing

Combining natural enzymes with synthetic membranes on solid support enables creation of functional surfaces able to serve for efficient biosensing. Enzymes (laccase and tyrosinase) integrated on soft copolymer mono- and bilayer membranes preserve their activity and specifically detect the presence of phenols. The straightforward approach to create these bio-hybrid membranes allows changing the enzyme type and thus producing functional surfaces for sensitive detection of desired molecules.