Biological materials found in Nature such as nacre and bone are well recognized as light‐
weight, strong, and tough structural materials. The remarkable toughness and damage …

Porous silica‐based materials have burgeoning applications ranging from fillers and
additives, to adsorbents, catalysts, and recently therapeutic agents and vaccines in …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Rice husk (RH) is an abundant and sustainable waste biomass. Silica-rich RH can be
converted to biofuels (eg, bio-oil, vapors) and biochars simultaneously via thermochemical …

▪ Abstract Silicon is present in plants in amounts equivalent to those of such macronutrient
elements as calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus, and in grasses often at higher levels …

The unique and frequently beautiful morphologies that characterize many biominerals have
long been a source of fascination. While research began by looking first at individual …

Materials found in nature combine many inspiring properties such as sophistication,
miniaturization, hierarchical organizations, hybridation, resistance and adaptability …

During the past decade, scientists have developed techniques for synthesizing and
characterizing many new materials with at least one dimension on the nanoscale, including …

Nanosciences will be, as biology, one of the fields that will contribute to a high level of
scientific and technological development along the 21st century. Nanostructured inorganic …

Diatom cell walls are regarded as a paradigm for controlled production of nanostructured
silica, but the mechanisms allowing biosilicification to proceed at ambient temperature at …