Infiltration of silica inside fibrillar collagen

  • Li Na Niu
  • , Kai Jiao
  • , Yi Pin Qi
  • , Cynthia K.Y. Yiu
  • , Heonjune Ryou
  • , Dwayne D. Arola
  • , Ji Hua Chen
  • , Lorenzo Breschi
  • , David H. Pashley
  • , Franklin R. Tay

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11688-11691
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2 2011

Keywords

  • biomimetic synthesis
  • collagen
  • nanostructures
  • silicification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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