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Biomimetic Growth of Ultrathin Silica Sheets Using Artificial Amphiphilic Peptides
Author(s) -
Lutz Helmut,
Jaeger Vance,
Berger Rüdiger,
Bonn Mischa,
Pfaendtner Jim,
Weidner Tobias
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201500282
Subject(s) - materials science , tetraethyl orthosilicate , nanotechnology , amphiphile , micrometer , nanometre , biomimetic synthesis , organic chemistry , copolymer , chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , polymer
Biomimetic silica sheets synthesized by synthetic leucine–lysine peptides with different foldings from tetramethyl orthosilicate are presented. The nanometer‐thin and micrometer‐size silica sheets are stable and self‐supported. Moreover, the morphology of the sheets is controlled by the secondary structure of the peptides when interacting with the silica.