Catalysis Letters, Vol.144, No.2, 248-251, 2014
Production of Biodiesel Using a Nanoscaled Immobilized Lipase as the Catalyst
A nanoscaled immobilized enzyme catalyst with increased stability was prepared by encapsulating lipase in a polyacrylamide nanogel. The methanolysis of soybean oil in a biphasic system catalyzed by the lipase nanogel gave a twofold increase in the biodiesel yield compared to that of using native enzyme.