...@psu.edu 02 12 2014 13 01 2015 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2015 functional polymers scaffold The laws of physics hold sway over every biological process just as surely and as completely as over every technological operation. Yet the modification of any biological...

... delivery functional mesoporous synthesis ATR-FTIR spectroscopic analyses were performed using Perkin Elmer Nicolet 5700 FTIR spectrometer. A scanning range of 650–4000 cm⁻¹ at 4 cm⁻¹ resolution averaged over 32 scans was chosen for all spectra recorded.^8–12...

..., the application of polysaccharide-based structures and composites is a promising approach for the formation of patterned and hierarchically structured inorganic functional and structural materials. The authors report on recent advancements on the biotemplated formation of inorganic functional materials using...