Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium
Diatoms represent, in terms of species number, one of the largest groups of microalgae that have the ability to synthesize phenomenal mineral composites characterized by complex hierarchical structures. Their shells, called frustules, create intricately ornamented structures, reminiscent of the most...
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| author | Weronika Brzozowska Myroslav Sprynskyy Izabela Wojtczak Przemysław Dąbek Michał J. Markuszewski Andrzej Witkowski Bogusław Buszewski |
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| description | Diatoms represent, in terms of species number, one of the largest groups of microalgae that have the ability to synthesize phenomenal mineral composites characterized by complex hierarchical structures. Their shells, called frustules, create intricately ornamented structures, reminiscent of the most sophisticated, natural mosaics. Ordinated pore systems perforate siliceous walls of the frustules with diameters ranging from nano to micro-scale, forming openwork three-dimensional silica structures. The use of these features is one of the main challenges in developing new technological solutions. In this study we assess the ability of selected diatom species (<i>Pseudostaurosira trainorii</i>) for metabolic insertion of soluble titanium from the culture medium into the structure of amorphous silica cell walls by its cultivation in laboratory conditions. The study is aimed at obtaining new and strengthening the already existing optical properties of diatomaceous biosilica. The physicochemical properties of the obtained materials have been studied using a series of instrumental methods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f7f52481f9f4db0ac89548907b315d42023-11-30T22:35:27ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-07-011515521010.3390/ma15155210Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with TitaniumWeronika Brzozowska0Myroslav Sprynskyy1Izabela Wojtczak2Przemysław Dąbek3Michał J. Markuszewski4Andrzej Witkowski5Bogusław Buszewski6Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 7 Gagarina Str., 87-100 Torun, PolandDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 7 Gagarina Str., 87-100 Torun, PolandInstitute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, PolandInstitute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 7 Gagarina Str., 87-100 Torun, PolandDiatoms represent, in terms of species number, one of the largest groups of microalgae that have the ability to synthesize phenomenal mineral composites characterized by complex hierarchical structures. Their shells, called frustules, create intricately ornamented structures, reminiscent of the most sophisticated, natural mosaics. Ordinated pore systems perforate siliceous walls of the frustules with diameters ranging from nano to micro-scale, forming openwork three-dimensional silica structures. The use of these features is one of the main challenges in developing new technological solutions. In this study we assess the ability of selected diatom species (<i>Pseudostaurosira trainorii</i>) for metabolic insertion of soluble titanium from the culture medium into the structure of amorphous silica cell walls by its cultivation in laboratory conditions. The study is aimed at obtaining new and strengthening the already existing optical properties of diatomaceous biosilica. The physicochemical properties of the obtained materials have been studied using a series of instrumental methods.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/15/5210diatomsdiatomaceous biosilicametabolic insertingtitanium doped biosilica |
| spellingShingle | Weronika Brzozowska Myroslav Sprynskyy Izabela Wojtczak Przemysław Dąbek Michał J. Markuszewski Andrzej Witkowski Bogusław Buszewski Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium Materials diatoms diatomaceous biosilica metabolic inserting titanium doped biosilica |
| title | Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium |
| title_full | Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium |
| title_fullStr | Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium |
| title_short | Metabolically Doping of 3D Diatomaceous Biosilica with Titanium |
| title_sort | metabolically doping of 3d diatomaceous biosilica with titanium |
| topic | diatoms diatomaceous biosilica metabolic inserting titanium doped biosilica |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/15/5210 |
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