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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Hydrophobic, organically-modified silica gels enhance the secondary structure of encapsulated apomyoglobin
Veronica A Rocha1, Daryl K Eggers
1Department of Chemistry, San José State University, San José, CA 95192-0101, USA.
Abstract:
Insertion of hydrophobic groups in a silica matrix, by addition of propyl- or trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane, leads to a surprising increase in the helical content of apomyoglobin following encapsulation by the sol-gel technique.

