METALLIC ALLOYS WITH MICROBIOLOGICAL COMPONENT AND CATALYTIC PROPERTIES.

摘要

This invention concerns a new material with enhanced catalytic properties, produced by mechanical alloying of microbially encapsulated metallic (or zerovalent) nanoparticles with a second metallic component. The bioencapsulation ensures a maximized contact area for molecular restructuring, since the microbial biomass can prevent agglomeration during the mechanical alloying process. The resulting product is a metallic alloy with at least 1 % of the material dry weight comprising microbial biomass and with enhanced catalytic properties.