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Bromoisobutyramide as an intermolecular surface binder for the preparation of free-standing biopolymer assemblies
Damien Mertz1, Pramudana Tan, Yajun Wang
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|November 22, 2011
Abstract:
Bromoisobutyramide (BrIBAM)-modified silica templates facilitate the formation of bio-functional thin films made of a range of biopolymers (e.g., polypeptides, nucleic acids or polysaccharides). Upon template removal, non-covalent free-standing biopolymeric assemblies (e.g., hollow capsules or replicated spheres and fibers) are formed without the need for covalent cross-linking.

