title: Data from two different culture conditions of Thalassiosira weissflogii diatom and from cleaning procedures for obtaining monodisperse nanostructured biosilica.
abstract: Diatoms microalgae produce biosilica nanoporous rigid outershells called frustules that exhibit an intricate nanostructured pore pattern. In this paper two specific Thalassiosira weissflogii culture conditions and size control procedures during the diatoms growth are described. Data from white field and fluorescence microscopy, evaluation of cell densities and cell parameters (k value and R value) according to cell culture conditions are listed. Different cleaning procedures for obtaining bare frustules are described. In addition, FTIR and spectrofluorimetric analyses of cleaned biosilica are shown. The data are related to the research article "Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug-Delivery and Antioxidant Properties" [1].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vona
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Urbano
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bonifacio
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Giglio
authors.affiliation: Jaber Innovation s.r.l., Via Calcutta, 8, 00100 Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cometa
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto, 10/a, 60020 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattioli-Belmonte
authors.affiliation: CNR NANOTECH, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ragni
authors.affiliation: CNR- ICCOM, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cicco
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Farinola
keywords: Biomaterials; Biosilica; Cell growth; Diatoms