title: Sol-gel synthesis on self-replicating single-cell scaffolds: applying complex chemistries to nature's 3-D nanostructured templates.
abstract: A sol-gel process was used, for the first time, to apply a multi-component, nanocrystalline, functional ceramic compound (BaTiO3) to a three-dimensional, self-replicating scaffold derived from a single-celled micro-organism (a diatom).
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Weatherspoon
authors.forename: Shawn M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Eden
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Sandhage