When protein-based biomineralization meets hydrothermal synthesis: the nanostructures of the as-prepared materials are independent of the protein types

Liqiang Wang; Xiangzhi Li; Xingxing Jiang; Wansong Chen; Lanshuang Hu; Maru Dessie Walle; Liu Deng; Minghui Yang; You-Nian Liu; Srećko I. Kirin

doi:10.1039/C5CC06846K

When protein-based biomineralization meets hydrothermal synthesis: the nanostructures of the as-prepared materials are independent of the protein types†

Liqiang Wang,‡^a Xiangzhi Li,‡^a Xingxing Jiang,^a Wansong Chen,^a Lanshuang Hu,^a Maru Dessie Walle,^a Liu Deng,^a Minghui Yang,*^a You-Nian Liu*^a and Srećko I. Kirin^b

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^a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
E-mail: yangminghui@csu.edu.cn, liuyounian@csu.edu.cn

^b Department of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Proteins were proved to be type-independent templates for the biomineralization of iron ions into hematite mesocrystals with tunable structures and morphologies under hydrothemal conditions. Our finding could pave the way for the synthesis of mesocrystals with controlled stuctures and morphologies using templates of low-cost proteins.

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When protein-based biomineralization meets hydrothermal synthesis: the nanostructures of the as-prepared materials are independent of the protein types†

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