Bio-Inspired Silicon-Based Materials

✍ Scribed by Paul M. Zelisko (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 132
• Series: Advances in Silicon Science 5
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Silicon in a Biological Environment....Pages 1-18
The Role of Silicates in the Synthesis of Sugars Under Prebiotic Conditions....Pages 19-25
Protease-Mediated Hydrolysis and Condensation of Tetra- and Trialkoxysilanes....Pages 27-37
Bioinspired Silica for Enzyme Immobilisation: A Comparison with Traditional Methods....Pages 39-62
On The Immobilization of Candida antarctica Lipase B onto Surface Modified Porous Silica Gel Particles....Pages 63-72
Enzymatic Modification and Polymerization of Siloxane-Containing Materials....Pages 73-89
Design and Thermal Properties of Interpenetrating and Intercrosslinked Biosilicate Materials....Pages 91-102
Bioactive Amino Acids, Peptides and Peptidomimetics Containing Silicon....Pages 103-123
Back Matter....Pages 125-127

✦ Subjects

Inorganic Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Biochemical Engineering; Biomaterials