Adsorption is an enzyme immobilization technique in which interactions such as hydrophobic forces and salt bridges are used to attach enzymes onto the surface of a solid support material.
Advantages of Adsorption:
- Reagents are not required
- Minimum activation requirements
- No pore diffusion limitation
- Minimal drop in enzyme activity
- Minimum effect on an enzyme
- High enzyme loading efficiency
- The adsorbed enzyme can be regenerated, recycled, and reused
- Straightforward and cost-effective technique