β-1,3-Glucan polysaccharide can act as a one-dimensional host to create novel silica nanofiber structures†
Abstract
We have demonstrated that the creation of novel silica nanofibers with a uniform diameter is possible by utilizing β-1,3-glucan polysaccharide as a one-dimensional host for monoalkoxysilane; the finding establishes that β-1,3-glucan can act not only as a novel one-dimensional host for metal alkoxide