Bio-Inspired Silicon-Based Materials

The contributed volume addresses a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, biotechnology, synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry and materials chemistry. The book will serve as a specialized review of the field of biologically inspired silicon-based structures. Researchers studying biologically inspired silicon materials chemistry will find this volume invaluable.

List of contents

1 Silicon in a Biological Environment.- 2 The Role of Silicates in the Synthesis of Sugars Under Prebiotic Conditions.- 3 Protease-Mediated Hydrolysis and Condensation of Tetra- and Trialkoxysilanes.- 4 Bioinspired Silica for Enzyme Immobilisation: A Comparison with Traditional Methods.- 5 On The Immobilization of Candida Antarctica Lipase B onto Surface Modified Porous Silica Gel Particles.- 6 Enzymatic Modification and Polymerization of Siloxane-Containing Materials.- 7 Design and Thermal Properties of Interpenetrating and Intercrosslinked Biosilicate Materials.- 8 Bioactive Amino Acids, Peptides and Peptidomimetics Containing Silicon.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pau M Zelisko (Editor), Paul M Zelisko (Editor), Paul Zelisko (Editor), Paul M. Zelisko (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789401794381
• ISBN: 978-94-0-179438-1
• No. of pages: 127
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 237 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 346 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 127 p. 73 illus., 37 illus. in color.
• Series: Advances in Silicon Science; Advances in Silicon Science
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry