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Silicification of Peptide-Coated Silver NanoparticlesA Biomimetic Soft Chemistry Approach toward Chiral Hybrid Core−Shell Materials by Graf, Philipp, Mantion, Alexandre, Haase, Andrea, Thünemann, Andreas F, Mašić, Admir, Meier, Wolfgang, Luch, Andreas, Taubert, Andreas

“…Silica and silver nanoparticles are relevant materials for new applications in optics, medicine, and analytical chemistry. We have previously reported the…”
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Peptide-Coated Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Surface Chemistry, and pH-Triggered, Reversible Assembly into Particle Assemblies by Graf, Philipp, Mantion, Alexandre, Foelske, Annette, Shkilnyy, Andriy, Mašić, Admir, Thünemann, Andreas F., Taubert, Andreas

“…The degree of aggregation of silver nanoparticles can be controlled via a pH sensitive peptide coating (see figure). As the peptide not only controls the…”
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Glycopolymer vesicles with an asymmetric membrane by Schlaad, Helmut, You, Liangchen, Sigel, Reinhard, Smarsly, Bernd, Heydenreich, Matthias, Mantion, Alexandre, Masić, Admir

“…Direct dissolution of glycosylated polybutadiene-poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymers can lead to the spontaneous formation of vesicles or membranes, which on…”
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Histochemical evidence of β-chitin in parapodial glandular organs and tubes of Spiophanes (Annelida, Sedentaria: Spionidae), and first studies on selected Annelida by Guggolz, Theresa, Henne, Stephan, Politi, Yael, Schütz, Roman, Mašić, Admir, Müller, Carsten H.G., Meißner, Karin

“…ABSTRACT A generic character of the genus Spiophanes (Annelida, Sedentaria: Spionidae) is the presence of parapodial glandular organs. Parapodial glandular…”
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The Mantis Shrimp Saddle: A Biological Spring Combining Stiffness and Flexibility by Tadayon, Maryam, Amini, Shahrouz, Masic, Admir, Miserez, Ali

“…Stomatopods are aggressive crustacean predators that use a pair of ultrafast raptorial appendages to strike on prey. This swift movement is driven by a power…”
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Biomimetic synthesis of chiral erbium-doped silver/peptide/silica core-shell nanoparticles (ESPN) by Mantion, Alexandre, Graf, Philipp, Florea, Ileana, Haase, Andrea, Thünemann, Andreas F, Mašić, Admir, Ersen, Ovidiu, Rabu, Pierre, Meier, Wolfgang, Luch, Andreas, Taubert, Andreas

“…Peptide-modified silver nanoparticles have been coated with an erbium-doped silica layer using a method inspired by silica biomineralization. Electron…”
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Egyptian blue, Chinese blue, and related two-dimensional silicates: from antiquity to future technologies. Part A: general properties and historical uses by Nicola, Marco, Gobetto, Roberto, Masic, Admir

“…The ancient Egyptian blue pigment was developed over 5000 years ago and was used extensively for around four millennia until its use mysteriously declined…”
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Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings by Harrington, Matthew J, Masic, Admir, Holten-Andersen, Niels, Waite, J. Herbert, Fratzl, Peter

“…The extensible byssal threads of marine mussels are shielded from abrasion in wave-swept habitats by an outer cuticle that is largely proteinaceous and…”
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Osmotic pressure induced tensile forces in tendon collagen by Masic, Admir, Bertinetti, Luca, Schuetz, Roman, Chang, Shu-Wei, Metzger, Till Hartmut, Buehler, Markus J., Fratzl, Peter

“…Water is an important component of collagen in tendons, but its role for the function of this load-carrying protein structure is poorly understood. Here we use…”
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Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels by Lin, Shaoting, Liu, Xinyue, Liu, Ji, Yuk, Hyunwoo, Loh, Hyun-Chae, Parada, German A, Settens, Charles, Song, Jake, Masic, Admir, McKinley, Gareth H, Zhao, Xuanhe

“…The emerging applications of hydrogels in devices and machines require hydrogels to maintain robustness under cyclic mechanical loads. Whereas hydrogels have…”
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Adhesion of Mussel Foot Protein‑3 to TiO2 Surfaces: the Effect of pH by Yu, Jing, Wei, Wei, Menyo, Matthew S, Masic, Admir, Waite, J. Herbert, Israelachvili, Jacob N

“…The underwater adhesion of marine mussels relies on mussel foot proteins (mfps) rich in the catecholic amino acid 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa). As a side…”
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Mussel-Mimetic Protein-Based Adhesive Hydrogel by Kim, Bum Jin, Oh, Dongyeop X, Kim, Sangsik, Seo, Jeong Hyun, Hwang, Dong Soo, Masic, Admir, Han, Dong Keun, Cha, Hyung Joon

“…Hydrogel systems based on cross-linked polymeric materials which could provide both adhesion and cohesion in wet environment have been considered as a…”
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3D Raman mapping of the collagen fibril orientation in human osteonal lamellae by Schrof, Susanne, Varga, Peter, Galvis, Leonardo, Raum, Kay, Masic, Admir

“…Chemical composition and fibrillar organization are the major determinants of osteonal bone mechanics. However, prominent methodologies commonly applied to…”
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Unraveling the Molecular Requirements for Macroscopic Silk Supercontraction by Giesa, Tristan, Schuetz, Roman, Fratzl, Peter, Buehler, Markus J, Masic, Admir

“…Spider dragline silk is a protein material that has evolved over millions of years to achieve finely tuned mechanical properties. A less known feature of some…”
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Catechol-Functionalized Chitosan/Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Composite Inspired by Mussel Thread Coating and Squid Beak Interfacial Chemistry by Zvarec, Ondrej, Purushotham, Sreekanth, Masic, Admir, Ramanujan, Raju V, Miserez, Ali

“…Biological materials offer a wide range of multifunctional and structural properties that are currently not achieved in synthetic materials. Herein we report…”
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Large-scale micron-order 3D surface correlative chemical imaging of ancient Roman concrete by Maragh, Janille M, Weaver, James C, Masic, Admir

“…There has been significant progress in recent years aimed at the development of new analytical techniques for investigating structure-function relationships in…”
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Enamel-like apatite crown covering amorphous mineral in a crayfish mandible by Bentov, Shmuel, Zaslansky, Paul, Al-Sawalmih, Ali, Masic, Admir, Fratzl, Peter, Sagi, Amir, Berman, Amir, Aichmayer, Barbara

“…Carbonated hydroxyapatite is the mineral found in vertebrate bones and teeth, whereas invertebrates utilize calcium carbonate in their mineralized organs. In…”
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Self-assembly of amorphous calcium carbonate microlens arrays by Lee, Kyubock, Wagermaier, Wolfgang, Masic, Admir, Kommareddy, Krishna P., Bennet, Mathieu, Manjubala, Inderchand, Lee, Seung-Woo, Park, Seung B., Cölfen, Helmut, Fratzl, Peter

“…Biological materials are often based on simple constituents and grown by the principle of self-assembly under ambient conditions. In particular,…”
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Multiscale characterization of the mineral phase at skeletal sites of breast cancer metastasis by He, Frank, Chiou, Aaron E., Loh, Hyun Chae, Lynch, Maureen, Seo, Bo Ri, Song, Young Hye, Lee, Min Joon, Hoerth, Rebecca, Bortel, Emely L., Willie, Bettina M., Duda, Georg N., Estroff, Lara A., Masic, Admir, Wagermaier, Wolfgang, Fratzl, Peter, Fischbach, Claudia

“…Skeletal metastases, the leading cause of death in advanced breast cancer patients, depend on tumor cell interactions with the mineralized bone extracellular…”
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Towards an understanding of the chemo-mechanical influences on kidney stone failure via the material point method by Raymond, Samuel J, Maragh, Janille, Masic, Admir, Williams, John R

“…This paper explores the use of the meshfree computational mechanics method, the Material Point Method (MPM), to model the composition and damage of typical…”
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