| Literature DB >> 25889055 |
Marcin Wysokowski1, Katarzyna Materna1, Juliane Walter2, Iaroslav Petrenko2, Allison L Stelling3, Vasilii V Bazhenov2, Łukasz Klapiszewski1, Tomasz Szatkowski1, Olga Lewandowska1, Dawid Stawski4, Serguei L Molodtsov5, Hieronim Maciejewski6, Hermann Ehrlich2, Teofil Jesionowski7.
Abstract
Chitinous scaffolds isolated from the skeleton of marine sponge Aplysina cauliformis were used as a template for the deposition of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS). These chitin-POSS based composites with hydrophobic properties were prepared for the first time using solvothermal synthesis (pH 3, temp 80 °C), and were thoroughly characterized. The resulting material was studied using scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. A mechanism for the chitin-POSS interaction after exposure to these solvothermal conditions is proposed and discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Chitin; Extreme biomimetics; POSS; Solvothermal synthesis
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25889055 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Biol Macromol ISSN： 0141-8130 Impact factor: 6.953