Biomimetic Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Alkanoates with Functionalized Mesoporous Silicas

A biomimetic catalysis of p-nitrophenyl alkanoate esters as a function of their alkyl chain lengths through multifunctionalization of molecular self-assembly onto ordered silica nanopores has been investigated in Tris-HCl buffer, and their kinetic parameters were calculated including a Michaelis–Menten kinetics.