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Beta-1,3-glucan polysaccharide can act as a one-dimensional host to create novel silica nanofiber structures
Munenori Numata1, Chun Li, Ah-Hyun Bae
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581.
Abstract:
We have demonstrated that the creation of novel silica nanofibers with a uniform diameter is possible by utilizing beta-1,3-glucan polysaccharide as a one-dimensional host for monoalkoxysilane; the finding establishes that beta-1,3-glucan can act not only as a novel one-dimensional host for metal alkoxide polycondensation but also as an interface between inorganic nanofibers and functional organic molecules.

