Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2014,5, 610–621, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.72
/glutamic acid-rich sponge-specific protein. The discovery that calcium carbonate crystals act as bioseeds in human bone formation may allow the development of novel biomimetic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Na-alginate hydrogels, enriched with biosilica, have recently been demonstrated as a
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Function of biosilica during (A) the formation of siliceous sponge spicules and (B) mammalian bone ...
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2013,4, 429–440, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.50
, however, properties such as self-assembly and robustness have increasingly made them attractive candidates for use in nanotechnological applications [2][3] that range from conducting nanowires [4], to drug-delivery devices [5], structural scaffolds [6][7] and functionalised hydrogels [8]. A central theme
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The three polymorphs of SNNFGAILSS sequence fibrils in the Class1-P (red), Class2-P (green) and Cla...