“…The enzyme interacts with solid support materials, such as porous glass beads, diatomaceous earth, silica, alumina, ion exchange resins, celites, and biopolymers (de Oliveira et al, 2000;Ghandi et al, 1996;Ivanov and Schneider, 1997;Knezevic et al, 1998), through low energy binding forces such as Van der Waals interactions, hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen bonding, or ionic bonding. The main disadvantage, however, is the relatively low stability of the system due to decreases in activity with time due to enzyme desorption and diffusional limitations (Krajewska, 2004).…”