title: Two-dimensional silica sieve plates mimicking the diatom valve.
abstract: Sieve and take: A biomimetic strategy was designed to fabricate two-dimensional silica sieve plates (SSP) by use of catanionic surfactants as composite template and L-tartrate with hydroxyl and carboxyl groups as regulator. Tartrate was found to combine two capabilities in the formation of SSP structures: the connection of adjacent silica structures through H bonding and the separation of adjacent structures through electrostatic repulsion.
authors: CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors: Jia-Yuan
authors: JY
authors: Shi
authors: Qi-Zhi
authors: QZ
authors: Yao
authors: Gen-Tao
authors: GT
authors: Zhou
authors: Sheng-Quan
authors: SQ
authors: Fu