Bioinspired, cytocompatible mineralization of silica-titania composites: Thermoprotective nanoshell formation for individual chlorella cells

  • Eun Hyea Ko
  • , Yeonjung Yoon
  • , Ji Hun Park
  • , Sung Ho Yang
  • , Daewha Hong
  • , Kyung Bok Lee
  • , Hyun Kyong Shon
  • , Tae Geol Lee
  • , Insung S. Choi

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Abstract

Hard-shell case: Using a (RKK)4D8 peptide allows mineralization to occur under cytocompatible conditions. Thus individual Chlorella cells could be encapsulated within a SiO2-TiO2 nanoshell with high cell viability (87 %). The encapsulated Chlorella showed an almost threefold increase in their thermo-tolerance after 2 h at 45 °C.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12279-12282
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number47
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2013

Keywords

  • artificial spores
  • composites
  • cytocompatibility
  • encapsulation
  • mineralization

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