Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8331251 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Chitinous scaffolds isolated from the skeleton of marine sponge Aplysina cauliformis were used as a template for the deposition of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS). These chitin-POSS based composites with hydrophobic properties were prepared for the first time using solvothermal synthesis (pH 3, temp 80 °C), and were thoroughly characterized. The resulting material was studied using scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. A mechanism for the chitin-POSS interaction after exposure to these solvothermal conditions is proposed and discussed.
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Authors
Marcin Wysokowski, Katarzyna Materna, Juliane Walter, Iaroslav Petrenko, Allison L. Stelling, Vasilii V. Bazhenov, Åukasz Klapiszewski, Tomasz Szatkowski, Olga Lewandowska, Dawid Stawski, Serguei L. Molodtsov, Hieronim Maciejewski, Hermann Ehrlich,