title: Bioinspired synthesis of new silica structures.
abstract: Silicon and oxygen are the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust but despite the vast scientific literature on crystalline and amorphous silica, new chemistries, structures and applications continue to be discovered for compounds formed from these elements--thus we present here for the first time the formation of new amorphous silica structures that were uniquely synthesized by a bioinspired synthetic system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012, USA.
authors.forename: Siddharth V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Patwardhan
authors.forename: Niloy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steintz-Kannan
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Clarson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017377:Diatoms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010455:Peptides; D011107:Polylysine / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; D012821:Silanes; C400535:silaffin 1A; D011107:Polylysine; C061205:tetramethoxysilane; D012822:Silicon Dioxide