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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Synthesis of transparent aminosilane-derived silica based networks for entrapment of sensitive materials
Christiane Müller1, Konstantin Kraushaar, Anja Doebbe
1University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Faculty of Engineering Science and Mathematics, Wilhelm-Bertelsmann-Str. 10, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany. anant.patel@fh-bielefeld.de.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2013
Abstract:
A novel sol-gel synthesis route is reported which results in the formation of optically transparent silica based hydro- and xerogels from an aminosilane precursor in aqueous solutions. These materials can be used for entrapment of microalgae and light-harvesting complex (LHC) samples.
