Bioinspired synthesis of multifunctional inorganic and bio-organic hybrid materials

An overview of the fundamentals of the chemistry of silica with relevance to biosilicification and technological advances

(2012) David J. Belton et al.   FEBS Journal

Silicateins, silicatein interactors and cellular interplay in sponge skeletogenesis: formation of glass fiber-like spicules

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   FEBS Journal

Biomimetic and bioinspired silica: recent developments and applications

(2011) Siddharth V. Patwardhan   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanistic Processes Underlying Biomimetic Synthesis of Silica Nanotubes from Self-Assembled Ultrashort Peptide Templates

(2011) Shengjie Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Biomimetic Silicification of Fibrous Chitin from Diatoms

(2011) Katrin Spinde et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Enzymatic Synthesis and Surface Deposition of Tin Dioxide using Silicatein-α

(2011) Rute André et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Silintaphin-1 - interaction with silicatein during structure-guiding bio-silica formation

(2011) Ute Schloßmacher et al.   FEBS Journal

Chemical Mimicry: Hierarchical 1D TiO2@ZrO2Core−Shell Structures Reminiscent of Sponge Spicules by the Synergistic Effect of Silicatein-α and Silintaphin-1

(2011) Rute André et al.   LANGMUIR

Large-scale engineered synthesis of BaTiO3 nanoparticles using low-temperature bioinspired principles

(2011) Teyeb Ould-Ely et al.   Nature Protocols

Formation of silicones mediated by the sponge enzyme silicatein-α

(2010) Stephan E. Wolf et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

A one-pot approach to coaxial hybrid nanotubes of calixarene/silica via self-assembly and sol–gel transition

(2010) Qing Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

The role of the silicatein-α interactor silintaphin-1 in biomimetic biomineralization

(2009) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Enzyme-Mediated Deposition of a TiO2Coating onto Biofunctionalized WS2 Chalcogenide Nanotubes

(2008) Muhammad Nawaz Tahir et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Diatoms—From Cell Wall Biogenesis to Nanotechnology

(2008) Nils Kröger et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Silicatein and the Translation of its Molecular Mechanism of Biosilicification into Low Temperature Nanomaterial Synthesis

(2008) Richard L. Brutchey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Protein- and Peptide-Directed Syntheses of Inorganic Materials

(2008) Matthew B. Dickerson et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Fabrication of a Silica Coating on Magnetic γ-Fe2O3Nanoparticles by an Immobilized Enzyme

(2008) Mohammed Ibrahim Shukoor et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Templating Silica Nanostructures on Rationally Designed Self-Assembled Peptide Fibers

(2008) Stewart C. Holmström et al.   LANGMUIR

Nanosilica Formation At Lipid Membranes Induced by the Parent Sequence of a Silaffin Peptide

(2008) Michael S. Kent et al.   LANGMUIR

Biofabrication of biosilica-glass by living organisms

(2008) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

From biosilicification to tailored materials: Optimizing hydrophobic domains and resistance to protonation of polyamines

(2008) D. J. Belton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bioorganic/inorganic hybrid composition of sponge spicules: Matrix of the giant spicules and of the comitalia of the deep sea hexactinellid Monorhaphis

(2007) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

High Rate Silicification of Peptide-Polymer Assemblies Toward Composite Nanotapes

(2007) Stefanie Kessel et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS