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Interlinked Macroporous 3D Scaffolds from Microgel Rods
Published on: June 16, 2022
Sol-gel synthesis on self-replicating single-cell scaffolds: applying complex chemistries to nature's 3-D
Michael R Weatherspoon1, Shawn M Allan, Eden Hunt
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Abstract:
A sol-gel process was used, for the first time, to apply a multi-component, nanocrystalline, functional ceramic compound (BaTiO3) to a three-dimensional, self-replicating scaffold derived from a single-celled micro-organism (a diatom).
