Silica formation in diatoms: the function of long-chain polyamines and silaffins
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- 28 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 14 (14) , 2059-2065
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b401028k
Abstract
The stunning silica structures formed by diatoms are among the most remarkable examples of biological nanofabrication. In recent years, insight into the molecules and mechanism that allow diatoms to perform silica morphogenesis under ambient conditions has been gained.Keywords
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