ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal
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Adsorption Kinetics and Structure of Silicatein Mediated Silica Films
Abstract: The fabrication of composite coatings based on silica with well defined physical properties represents a promising new approach to fine-tune mechanical, optical, electronic, and permeability properties for use in sensor, membrane, transducer, optical, and biomedical applications. The formation of uniform silica films by immobilization of silicatein on gold-coated surfaces that had been functionalszed with amines will be studied using neutron reflectometry. We will study the adsorption isotherms and kinetics of recombinant and silicatein extracted from natural sources in order to further our understanding of how it promotes the formation thick, uniform silica films at ambient conditions. An understanding of the general principles, which govern silicatein and subsequent silica adsorption, can be extended to the fabrication of a wide range of materials.
Public release date: 30 November 2014
Principal Investigator: Dr Maxmilian Skoda
Experimenter: Mr Graham Hickman
Experimenter: Dr Akhilesh Rai
Experimenter: Professor Carole Perry
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.24088339
ISIS Experiment Number: RB1120287
Part Number: 1 - SURF
Date of Experiment: 27 November 2011
Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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