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Nature Materials 6, 398 - 399 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1919
Biomimetic synthesis: Double-walled silica nanotubes
Eike Brunner1
- Eike Brunner is at the Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. e-mail: eike.brunner@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
Abstract
Many living organisms contain silica structures. A biomimetic synthesis process that uses a peptide as a template gives an opportunity for making a new kind of silica structure and understanding the details of how it forms.
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