Nanostructural Organization of Naturally Occurring Composites—Part II: Silica-Chitin-Based Biocomposites

Investigations of the micro- and nanostructures and chemical composition of the sponge skeletons as examples for natural structural biocomposites are of fundamental scientific relevance. Recently, we show that some demosponges (Verongula gigantea, Aplysina sp.) and glass sponges (Farrea occa, Euplec...

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Main Authors: Hermann Ehrlich, Dorte Janussen, Paul Simon, Vasily V. Bazhenov, Nikolay P. Shapkin, Christiane Erler, Michael Mertig, René Born, Sascha Heinemann, Thomas Hanke, Hartmut Worch, John N. Vournakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/670235