Bioreactors: A Stable, Reusable, and Highly Active Photosynthetic Bioreactor by Bio-Interfacing an Individual Cyanobacterium with a Mesoporous Bilayer Nanoshell (Small 17/2015)

Inspired by nature, X.-Y. Yang, G. Tian, B.-L. Su, and co-workers develop a novel interfacing encapsulation approach for cell-surface functionalization. On page 2003, individual cyanobacterium cells are interfaced with nanoporous biohybrid layers within the mesoporous silica layers. The biointerface acts as an egg membrane for cell protection and growth of the outer shell. The resulting bilayer shell efficiently creates a single-cell photosynthetic bioreactor with high stability, reusability, and activity.