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  • Biological insertion of nanostructured germanium and titanium oxides into diatom biosilica

    Creator:
    Jeffryes, Clayton S.
    Abstract:
    There is significant interest in titanium oxide and germanium-silicon oxide nanocomposites for optoelectronic, photocatalytic, and solar cell applications. The ability of the marine diatom Pinnularia sp. to uptake soluble metal oxides from cell culture medium, and incorporate them into the micro- and nano-structure of their amorphous silica cell walls, called...
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    where soluble silicon is polymerized to form silica (Drum and Pankratz, 1964). The SDV contains