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- Title
Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug-Delivery and Antioxidant Properties.
- Authors
Cicco, Stefania R.; Vona, Danilo; De Giglio, Elvira; Cometa, Stefania; Mattioli‐Belmonte, Monica; Palumbo, Fabio; Ragni, Roberta; Farinola, Gianluca M.
- Abstract
This month’s cover is dedicated to the joint project coordinated by Prof. Gianluca M. Farinola involving the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, CNR ICCOM and IMIP in Bari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, and Jaber Innovation. The cover picture shows an SEM image of nanostructured biosilica produced by Thalassiosira weissflogii diatoms covalently functionalized with the radical scavenger TEMPO (green disks) and loaded with the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin (red/white capsules), which is used to combat infections related to orthopedic implants. Read the full text of the article at10.1002/cplu.201402398. “It is an exercise in seeing how we can alter and improve the structures produced by living organisms so that they outperform what we find in Nature.” Read more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself on page 1104.
- Subjects
DIATOMS; FARINOLA, Gianluca M.; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; NANOSILICON; CIPROFLOXACIN; ORTHOPEDIC implant complications; PREVENTION
- Publication
ChemPlusChem, 2015, Vol 80, Issue 7, p1062
- ISSN
2192-6506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cplu.201500128