Hybrid Biomimetic Materials from Silica/Carbonate Biomorphs
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Opel, Julian; Unglaube, Niklas; Wörner, Melissa; Kellermeier, Matthias; Cölfen, Helmut; García Ruiz, Juan ManuelEditorial
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Biomorphs Barium carbonate Silica PCDA Pyrrole
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2019-03-18Referencia bibliográfica
Opel, J.; Unglaube, N.; Wörner, M.; Kellermeier, M.; Cölfen, H.; García-Ruiz, J.-M. Hybrid Biomimetic Materials from Silica/Carbonate Biomorphs. Crystals 2019, 9, 157. [doi:10.3390/cryst9030157]
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The authors thank the European Research Council under the European Union’s seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 340863.Abstract
The formation of a polymer protection layer around fragile mineral architectures ensures that structures stay intact even after treatments that would normally destroy them going along with a total loss of textural information. Here we present a strategy to preserve the shape of silica-carbonate biomorphs with polymers. This method converts non-hybrid inorganic-inorganic composite materials such a silica/carbonate biomorphs into hybrid organic/carbonate composite materials similar to biominerals.