Morphosynthesis: high fidelity inorganic replica of the fibrous network of loofa sponge (Luffa cylindrica)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Italo O. Mazali¹  Oswaldo L. Alves¹ 

[1] ,UNICAMP Instituto de Química Laboratório de Química do Estado SólidoCampinas SP ,Brasil

关键词: morphosynthesis;    biomimetic synthesis;    morphology;    calcite;    hydroxyapatite;    morfossíntese;    síntese biomimética;    morfologia;    calcita;    hidroxiapatita;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652005000100003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

High fidelity calcium carbonate and hydroxyapatite (bio) inorganic replicas of the fibrous network of the dried fruit of Luffa cylindrica are described, utilizing a facile synthetic route. The loofa sponge is a highly complex macroscopic architectural template, an inexpensive and sustainable resource. In the context of the morphosynthesis, the capability of replication of the loofa sponge opens the possibility of the use of biodiversity in obtaining new materials. We would like to emphasize that the template proposed in this paper, makes possible the preparation of inorganic replicas with a very desirable size, on the centimeter scale. This fact is innovative with respect to inorganic replicas described in the literature, which predominate at the micrometric scale, limited to the original size of the template.

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