Bioactive glass 45S5 from diatom biosilica

A major draw-back to large scale production of bioactive glasses is the high cost of the standard silica precursor, usually tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS). The current study describes a novel sol–gel preparation of 45S5 bioactive glass using diatom biosilica from cultured cells of the diatom, Aulac...

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Main Authors: Luqman A. Adams, Enobong R. Essien, Abosede T. Adesalu, Matthew L. Julius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468217917301326