Biomimetic synthesis of silica nanostructures with controllable morphologies and sizes through tuning interfacial interactions.
By manipulating the interfacial interactions between the peptide templates and the silicate species derived from TEOS and APTES, a facile biomimetic method was developed for the fabrication of silica nanostructures exhibiting "string-of-beads" and fibrillar morphologies of varied sizes.
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266555, China.
Shengjie
S
Wang
Junyi
J
Xue
Xin
X
Ge
Haiming
H
Fan
Hai
H
Xu
Jian R
JR
Lu
D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
D012822:Silicon Dioxide