Abstract
A biosilicification approach based on infiltration of fluidic choline-stabilized silicic acid precursors into polyallylamine-enriched collagen fibrils is presented. The latter serve as template and catalyst for intrafibrillar polymerization of the silica precursors to reproduce the cross-banding and microfibrillar architecture of collagen fibrils.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11688-11691 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 49 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2 2011 |
Keywords
- biomimetic synthesis
- collagen
- nanostructures
- silicification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry