Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted attention for potential applications in light
harvesting, catalysis, and molecular electronics. Mineral proteins involved in hard tissue …

Nature is an exquisite designer of inorganic materials using biomolecules as templates.
Diatoms create intricate silica wall structures with fine features using the protein family of …

Diatoms use peptides based on the protein silaffin to fabricate their silica cell walls. To the
interest of material scientists, silaffin peptides can also produce titanium dioxide …

The fundamental mechanisms of biomineralization and their translation into innovative
synthetic approaches have yielded promising perspectives for the fabrication of biomimetic …

By manipulating the interfacial interactions between the peptide templates and the silicate
species derived from TEOS and APTES, a facile biomimetic method was developed for the …

In nature, mineralization of hard tissues occurs due to the synergistic effect of components
present in the organic matrix of these tissues, with templating and catalytic effects. In …

Mineralized biological materials such as shells, skeleton, and teeth experience
biomineralization. Biomimetic materials exploit the biomineralization process to form …

This work reports a mechanistic study of template-directed synthesis of silica nanomaterials
utilizing self-assembled peptide nanotubes as scaffolds. An ultrashort amphiphilic peptide …

A novel biosynthetic paradigm is introduced for fabricating three-dimensional (3-D) ceramic
nano-particle assemblies with tailored shapes and tailored chemistries: biosculpting and …

We report the molecular self-assembly of two amphiphilic peptides (A6K and V6K) and the
application of their self-assemblies as organic templates to direct biosilica formation. Under …