An extreme biomimetic approach: hydrothermal synthesis of β-chitin/ZnO nanostructured composites

β-Chitinous scaffolds isolated from the skeleton of marine cephalopod Sepia officinalis were used as a template for the in vitro formation of ZnO under conditions (70 °C) which are extreme for biological materials. Novel β-chitin/ZnO film-like composites were prepared for the first time by hydrother...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. B, Materials for biology and medicine Materials for biology and medicine, 2013-12, Vol.1 (46), p.6469-6476
Main Authors: Wysokowski, Marcin, Motylenko, Mykhailo, Stöcker, Hartmut, Bazhenov, Vasilii V, Langer, Enrico, Dobrowolska, Anna, Czaczyk, Katarzyna, Galli, Roberta, Stelling, Allison L, Behm, Thomas, Klapiszewski, Łukasz, Ambrożewicz, Damian, Nowacka, Magdalena, Molodtsov, Serguei L, Abendroth, Barbara, Meyer, Dirk C, Kurzydłowski, Krzysztof J, Jesionowski, Teofil, Ehrlich, Hermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Biological materials
Biology
Mathematical analysis
Nanocrystals
Nanostructure
Synthesis
Zinc oxide
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:β-Chitinous scaffolds isolated from the skeleton of marine cephalopod Sepia officinalis were used as a template for the in vitro formation of ZnO under conditions (70 °C) which are extreme for biological materials. Novel β-chitin/ZnO film-like composites were prepared for the first time by hydrothermal synthesis, and were thoroughly characterized using numerous analytical methods including Raman spectroscopy, HR-TEM and XRD. We demonstrate the growth of hexagonal ZnO nanocrystals on the β-chitin substrate. Our chitin/ZnO composites presented in this work show antibacterial properties against Gram positive bacteria and can be employed for development of inorganic-organic wound dressing materials.
ISSN:2050-750X
2050-7518
DOI:10.1039/c3tb21186j