Biomimetic synthesis of ordered silica structures mediated by block copolypeptides

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6767, 2000, Pages 289-292

  Cha, Jennifer N ^a   Stucky, Galen D ^a,b   Morse, Daniel E ^a   Deming, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYNTHESIS;

CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PORIFERA; TETHYA AURANTIA;

EID: 0034688280     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35002038     Document Type: Article

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