Prescribing diatom morphology: toward genetic engineering of biological nanomaterials

N Kröger - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2007 - Elsevier
The formation of inorganic materials with complex form is a widespread biological
phenomenon (biomineralization). Among the most spectacular examples of …

Reconstituting the formation of hierarchically porous silica patterns using diatom biomolecules

D Pawolski, C Heintze, I Mey, C Steinem… - Journal of Structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
The genetically-controlled formation of complex-shaped inorganic materials by living
organisms is an intriguing phenomenon. It illustrates our incomplete understanding of …

Diatoms—from cell wall biogenesis to nanotechnology

N Kröger, N Poulsen - Annual review of genetics, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Diatoms are single-celled algae that produce intricately structured cell walls made of
nanopatterned silica (SiO2). The cell wall structure is a species-specific characteristic …

Learning from diatoms: nature's tools for the production of nanostructured silica

M Sumper, E Brunner - Advanced Functional Materials, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are eukaryotic, unicellular algae that are ubiquitously present in almost any water
habitat on earth. Diatoms dominate phytoplankton populations and algal blooms in the …

Prospects of manipulating diatom silica nanostructure

M Hildebrand - Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
A key to the development of nanotechnology will be the ability to make complex nanoscaled
three-dimensional structures at low cost and in large numbers. The wide variety of structures …

Complex‐shaped microbial biominerals for nanotechnology

N Kröger, E Brunner - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐celled microorganisms such as diatoms and coccolithophores produce inorganic
microparticles with genetically controlled hierarchical nanopatterns. Besides serving as …

Diatom biogenic silica as a felicitous platform for biochemical engineering: Expanding frontiers

V Panwar, T Dutta - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Diatoms are a prolific class of single-celled photosynthetic microalgae, pervasive in aquatic
habitats. More than 10 000 species of diatoms are widespread in the world and primarily …

Diatom silica biomineralization: Parallel development of approaches and understanding

M Hildebrand, SJL Lerch - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Diatom silica cell walls present an intriguing application of biomineralization in a single
celled organism. The ability of diatoms to make an enormous variety of silica structures on …

[引用][C] Diatom cell wall proteins and the cell biology of silica biomineralization

N Kröger, M Sumper - Protist, 1998 - Elsevier
The formation of inorganic structures (biominerals) under the control of a living organism is a
widespread phenomenon in biology. Endo-and exoskeletons made of hydroxyapatite …

From diatom biomolecules to bioinspired syntheses of silica-and titania-based materials

N Kröger, KH Sandhage - Mrs Bulletin, 2010 - cambridge.org
Amorphous silica is (next to CaCO3) the second most abundant biologically produced
inorganic material. A certain group of photosynthetic microalgae, called diatoms, forms …