Silicatein and the Translation of its Molecular Mechanism of Biosilicification into Low Temperature Nanomaterial Synthesis

摘要

The field of materials science has been transformed since the mid-20th century-diverging from the metallurgical study of steel and alloys to meet the vast technological demands of the aerospace, automotive, communications, electronics, and petrochemical industries.1"3 Despite over 50 years of breakthroughs, there exist only a limited number of methods for the preparation of advanced materials. Consequently, precisely controlling the solid-state structures (architecture and composition) of inorganic materials still remains a formidable task.