Biomineralization of mesoporous silica and metal nanoparticle/mesoporous silica nanohybrids by chemo-enzymatically prepared peptides

Biomimetic mineralization based on self-assembling peptides

“…In addition to metal NPs, the peptide-templated method was also developed to synthesize the inorganic oxide NPs. 152 Lu and co-workers proved that the amphiphilic α-helical peptide Ac-LKKLLKLLKKLLKLC-OH could control the synthesis of SiO 2 NPs after binding to the gold surface. 153 The peptide–silicon dioxide condensation was triggered by electrostatic attractions between the oppositely charged lysine sites and silica precursors.…”