Issue 84, 2014
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RSC Advances

Fabrication of nanopatterned polymeric microparticles using a diatom as a sacrificial template

Yvonne Lang,a   David. P. Finn,b   Frank Carusoc  and  Abhay Pandit*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
E-mail: abhay.pandit@nuigalway.ie

b Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Centre for Pain Research, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

Abstract

Natural structures with complex hierarchical architecture are employed as biotemplates to fabricate constructs with both nano- and micro-scale features. Diatoms have served as templates for the preparation of inorganic constructs, but are under-explored for the preparation of organic constructs. Herein, we report a method to fabricate nanopatterned polymeric microparticles using the diatom as a sacrificial template.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of nanopatterned polymeric microparticles using a diatom as a sacrificial template

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA06728B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jul 2014
Accepted
05 Sep 2014
First published
08 Sep 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 44418-44422

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Y. Lang, David. P. Finn, F. Caruso and A. Pandit, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 44418 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA06728B

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