| | Contents | |
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| | Preface | XIII |
| | Contributors | XV |
| 1 | An Introduction to Bio-nanohybrid Materials Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Margarita Darder, Pilar Aranda | 1 |
| 1.1 | Introduction: The Assembly of Biological Species to Inorganic Solids | 1 |
| 1.2 | Bio-nanohybrids Based on Silica Particles and Siloxane Networks | 4 |
| 1.3 | Calcium Phosphates and Carbonates in Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials | 9 |
| 1.4 | Clay Minerals and Organoclay Bio-nanocomposites | 13 |
| 1.5 | Bio-Nanohybrids Based on Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles | 20 |
| 1.6 | Carbon-based Bio-nanohybrids | 22 |
| 1.7 | Bio-nanohybrids Based on Layered Transition Metal Solids | 28 |
| 1.8 | Trends and Perspectives | 31 |
| | References | 32 |
| 2 | Biomimetic Nanohybrids Based on Organosiloxane Units Kazuko Fujii, Jonathan P. Hill, Katsuhiko Ariga | 41 |
| 2.1 | Introduction | 41 |
| 2.2 | Monolayer on Solid Support | 45 |
| 2.3 | Layered Alkylsiloxane | 53 |
| 2.4 | Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Vesicle "Cerasome" | 59 |
| 2.5 | Mesoporous Silica Prepared by the Lizard Template Method | 65 |
| 2.6 | Future Perspectives | 69 |
| | References | 71 |
| 3 | Entrapment of Biopolymers into Sol-Gel-derived Silica Nanonocomposites Yury A. Shchipunov | 75 |
| 3.1 | Introduction | 75 |
| 3.2 | Sol-Gel Processes | 77 |
| 3.2.1 | Chemistry | 77 |
| 3.2.1.1 | Hydrolysis | 77 |
| 3.2.1.2 | Condensation | 78 |
| 3.2.1.3 | Sol-Gel Transition | 78 |
| 3.2.2 | Silica Precursors | 79 |
| 3.2.2.1 | Orthosilicic Acid | 80 |
| 3.2.2.2 | Sodium Metasilicate | 80 |
| 3.2.2.3 | Alkoxides | 80 |
| 3.2.3 | Two-Stage Approach to Biopolymer Entrapment | 82 |
| 3.3 | Biocompatible Approaches | 84 |
| 3.3.1 | Modified Sol-Gel Processing | 84 |
| 3.3.1.1 | Method of Gill and Ballesteros | 84 |
| 3.3.1.2 | Low-Molecular and Polymeric Organic Additives | 85 |
| 3.3.2 | Organically-modified Precursors | 86 |
| 3.3.3 | Biocompatible Precursors by Brennan et al. | 87 |
| 3.4 | One-Stage Approach Based on a Silica Precursor with Ethylene Glycol Residues | 88 |
| 3.4.1 | Precursor | 88 |
| 3.4.2 | Role of Biopolymers in Sol-Gel Processing | 89 |
| 3.4.3 | Advantages of One-Stage Processes | 96 |
| 3.4.4 | Hybrid Biopolymer-Silica Nanocomposite Materials | 98 |
| 3.4.5 | Enzyme Immobilization | 99 |
| 3.5 | Perspectives | 102 |
| | References | 103 |
| 4 | Immobilization of Biomolecules on Mesoporous Structured Materials Ajayan Vinu, Narasimhan Gokulakrishnan, Toshiyuki Mori, Katsuhiko Ariga | 113 |
| 4.1 | Introduction | 113 |
| 4.2 | Immobilization of Protein on Mesoporous Silica | 116 |
| 4.3 | Immobilization of Protein on Mesoporous Carbon and Related Materials | 124 |
| 4.4 | Immobilization of Other Biopolymers on Mesoporous Materials | 133 |
| 4.5 | Immobilization of Small Biomolecules on Mesoporous Materials | 137 |
| 4.6 | Advanced Functions of Nanohybrids of Biomolecules and Mesoporous Materials | 141 |
| 4.7 | Future Perspectives | 149 |
| | References | 150 |
| 5 | Bio-controlled Growth of Oxides and Metallic Nanoparticles Thibaud Coradin, Roberta Brayner, Fernand Fiévet, Jacques Livage | 159 |
| 5.1 | Introduction | 159 |
| 5.2 | Biomimetic Approaches | 160 |
| 5.3 | In vitro Synthesis of Hybrid Nanomaterials | 165 |
| 5.3.1 | Polysaccharides | 165 |
| 5.3.1.1 | Alginates | 165 |
| 5.3.1.2 | Carrageenans | 169 |
| 5.3.1.3 | Chitosan | 171 |
| 5.3.2 | Proteins | 174 |
| 5.3.2.1 | Gelatin | 174 |
| 5.3.2.2 | Collagen | 175 |
| 5.3.2.3 | Protein Cages and Viral Capsids | 177 |
| 5.3.3 | Lipids | 180 |
| 5.3.4 | DNA Scaffolds | 181 |
| 5.4 | Perspectives: Towards a "Green Nanochemistry" | 183 |
| | References | 184 |
| 6 | Biomineralization of Hydrogels Based on Bioinspired Assemblies for Injectable Biomaterials Junji Watanabe, Mitsuru Akashi | 193 |
| 6.1 | Introduction | 193 |
| 6.1.1 | Biominerals as Nanomaterials | 193 |
| 6.1.2 | Nanomaterials for Biofunctions | 196 |
| 6.2 | Fundamental Concept of Bioinspired Approach | 197 |
| 6.2.1 | Bioinspired Approach to Materials | 197 |
| 6.2.2 | Concrete Examples of the Bioinspired Approach | 198 |
| 6.3 | Alternate Soaking Process for Biomineralization and their Bio-functions | 199 |
| 6.3.1 | Nanoassembly by Polyelectrolytes | 199 |
| 6.3.2 | Alternate Soaking Process for Biomineralization | 200 |
| 6.3.3 | Biomineralization of Hydrogels for Bio-functions | 201 |
| 6.4 | Electrophoresis Process for Biomineralization | 203 |
| 6.4.1 | Innovative Methodology of Electrophoresis Process for Biomineralization | 203 |
| 6.4.2 | Application for Injectable Materials | 204 |
| 6.5 | Conclusions | 206 |
| | References | 206 |
| 7 | Bioinspired Porous Hybrid Materials via Layer-by-Layer Assembly Yajun Wang, Frank Caruso | 209 |
| 7.1 | Introduction | 209 |
| 7.2 | Porous Materials | 209 |
| 7.2.1 | Microporous Materials | 210 |
| 7.2.2 | Mesoporous Material | 210 |
| 7.2.3 | Macroporous Materials | 211 |
| 7.3 | LbL Assembly | 213 |
| 7.4 | LbL Assembly on MS Substrates | 214 |
| 7.4.1 | Encapsulation of Biomolecules in MS Particles | 214 |
| 7.4.2 | MS Spheres as Templates for the Preparation of Hollow Capsules | 218 |
| 7.4.3 | Preparation of Protein Particles via MS Sphere Templating | 220 |
| 7.4.4 | Template Synthesis of Nanoporous Polymeric Spheres | 221 |
| 7.5 | LbL Assembly on Macroporous Substrates | 225 |
| 7.5.1 | LbL Assembly on Tubular Substrates | 226 |
| 7.5.2 | LbL Assembly on 3DOM Materials | 229 |
| 7.5.3 | LbL Assembly on Naturally Occurring Porous Substrates | 231 |
| 7.6 | Summary and Outlook | 232 |
| | References | 233 |
| 8 | Bio-inorganic Nanohybrids Based on Organoclay Self-assembly AvinashJ. Patil, Stephen Mann | 239 |
| 8.1 | Introduction | 239 |
| 8.2 | Synthesis and Characterization of Organically Functionalized 2:1 Magnesium Phyllosilicates | 240 |
| 8.3 | Magnesium Organophyllosilicates with Higher-order Organization | 243 |
| 8.4 | Intercalation of Biomolecules within Organically Modified Magnesium Phyllosilicates | 246 |
| 8.4.1 | Protein-Organoclay Lamellar Nanocomposites | 247 |
| 8.4.2 | DNA-Organoclay Lamellar Nanostructures | 252 |
| 8.4.3 | Drug-Organoclay Layered Nanocomposites | 253 |
| 8.5 | Hybrid Nanostructures Based on Organoclay Wrapping of Single Biomolecules | 254 |
| 8.5.1 | Organoclay-wrapped Proteins and Enzymes | 254 |
| 8.5.2 | Organoclay-wrapped DNA | 258 |
| 8.6 | Functional Mesolamellar Bio-inorganic Nanocomposite Films | 260 |
| 8.7 | Summary | 262 |
| | References | 262 |
| 9 | Biodegradable Polymer-based Nanocomposites: Nanostructure Control and Nanocomposite Foaming with the Aim of Producing Nano-cellular Plastics Masami Okamoto | 271 |
| 9.1 | Introduction | 271 |
| 9.2 | Nano-structure Development | 272 |
| 9.2.1 | Melt Intercalation | 272 |
| 9.2.2 | Interlayer Structure of OMLFs and Intercalation | 273 |
| 9.2.2.1 | Nano-fillers | 273 |
| 9.2.2.2 | Molecular Dimensions and Interlayer Structure | 274 |
| 9.2.2.3 | Correlation of Intercalant Structure and Interlayer Opening | 277 |
| 9.2.2.4 | Nanocomposite Structure | 278 |
| 9.3 | Control of Nanostructure Properties | 282 |
| 9.3.1 | Flocculation Control and Modulus Enhancement | 282 |
| 9.3.2 | Linear Viscoelastic Properties | 284 |
| 9.3.3 | Elongational Flow and Strain-induced Hardening | 288 |
| 9.4 | Physicochemical Phenomena | 290 |
| 9.4.1 | Biodegradability | 290 |
| 9.4.2 | Photodegradation | 295 |
| 9.5 | Foam Processing using Supercritical CO2 | 296 |
| 9.5.1 | PLA-based Nanocomposite | 296 |
| 9.5.2 | Temperature Dependence of Cellular Structure | 298 |
| 9.5.3 | CO2 Pressure Dependence | 301 |
| 9.5.4 | TEM Observation | 305 |
| 9.5.5 | Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Foams | 307 |
| 9.6 | Porous Ceramic Materials via Nanocomposites | 307 |
| 9.7 | Future Prospects | 309 |
| | References | 310 |
| 10 | Biomimetic and Bioinspired Hybrid Membrane Nanomaterials Mihail Barboiu | 313 |
| 10.1 | Introduction | 313 |
| 10.2 | Molecular Recognition-based Hybrid Membranes | 314 |
| 10.2.1 | Multiple Molecular Recognition Principles | 314 |
| 10.3 | Self-organized Hybrid Membrane Materials | 318 |
| 10.3.1 | Ionic-conduction Pathways in Hybrid Membrane Materials | 318 |
| 10.3.1.1 | Ionic-conduction Pathways in Macrocyclic Hybrid Materials | 319 |
| 10.3.1.2 | Ionic-conduction Pathways in Peptido-mimetic Hybrid Materials | 319 |
| 10.3.2 | Self-organization in Hybrid Supramolecular Polymers | 324 |
| 10.3.2.1 | Self-organization by Base Pairing in Hybrid Supramolecular Polymers | 325 |
| 10.3.2.2 | Self-Organization of the Guanine Quadruplex in Hybrid Supramolecular Polymers | 328 |
| 10.4 | Dynamic Site Complexant Membranes | 330 |
| 10.5 | Conclusions | 333 |
| | References | 334 |
| 11 | Design of Bioactive Nano-hybrids for Bone Tissue Regeneration Masanobu Kamitakahara, Toshiki Miyazaki, Chikara Ohtsuki | 339 |
| 11.1 | Introduction | 339 |
| 11.2 | Composite of Bioactive Ceramic Particles and Polymers | 340 |
| 11.3 | Bone-bonding Mechanism of Bioactive Materials | 341 |
| 11.3.1 | Interface between Bone and Bioactive Material | 341 |
| 11.3.2 | Simulated Body Fluid | 342 |
| 11.3.3 | Hydroxyapatite Formation on Bioactive Materials | 343 |
| 114 | Sol-Gel-derived Bioactive Nano-hybrids | 345 |
| 11.4.1 | Silicate-based Nano-hybrids | 345 |
| 11.4.2 | Nano-hybrids Starting from Methacryloxy Compounds | 347 |
| 11.4.3 | Nano-hybrids Based on Other than Silicate | 349 |
| 11.4.4 | Nano-hybrids Combined with Calcium Phosphates | 353 |
| 11.5 | Nano-hybrid Consisting of Bone-like Hydroxyapatite and Polymer | 354 |
| 11.5.1 | Biomimetic Process | 354 |
| 11.5.2 | Hydroxyapatite Deposition on Polymers Modified with Silanol Groups | 356 |
| 11.5.3 | Hydroxyapatite Deposition on Natural Polymers | 357 |
| 11.5.4 | Hydroxyapatite Deposition on Synthetic Polymers | 358 |
| 11.5.5 | Control of the Structure of Hydroxyapatite | 359 |
| 11.6 | Nano-hybrid Consisting of Hydroxyapatite and Protein | 360 |
| 11.7 | Conclusion | 361 |
| | References | 361 |
| 12 | Nanostructured Hybrid Materials for Bone Implants Fabrication María Vallet-Regí, Daniel Arcos | 367 |
| 12.1 | Introduction | 367 |
| 12.2 | Bone: A Biological Hybrid Nanostructured Material | 369 |
| 12.3 | Biomimetic Materials for Bone Repair. The Hybrid Approach | 372 |
| 12.3.1 | The Hybrid Approach | 374 |
| 12.4 | Synthesis and Properties of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Bone and Dental Applications | 375 |
| 12.4.1 | Class I Hybrid Materials | 375 |
| 12.4.1.1 | BG-Poly(vinyl Alcohol) | 375 |
| 12.4.1.2 | Silica Particles-pHEMA | 378 |
| 12.4.2 | Class II Hybrid Materials | 378 |
| 12.4.2.1 | PMMA-SiO2 Ormosils | 380 |
| 12.4.2.2 | PEG-SiO2 Ormosils | 380 |
| 12.4.2.3 | PDMS-CaO-SiO2-TiO2 Ormosils | 380 |
| 12.4.2.4 | PTMO-CaO-SiO2-TiO2 Hybrid Materials | 383 |
| 12.4.2.5 | MPS-HEMA Ormosils | 383 |
| 12.4.2.6 | Gelatine-SiO2 Systems | 384 |
| 12.4.2.7 | Poly( -Caprolactone)-Silica Ormosils | 385 |
| 12.4.2.8 | Bioactive Star Gels | 387 |
| 12.4.2.9 | The Synthesis of Bioactive Star Gels | 388 |
| 12.4.2.10 | How to Characterize Bioactive Star Gels? | 389 |
| 12.4.2.11 | The Bioactivity of the Star Gels | 389 |
| 12.4.2.12 | The Mechanical Properties of Bioactive Star Gels | 391 |
| 12.5 | Conclusion | 392 |
| | References | 393 |
| 13 | Bio-inorganic Conjugates for Drug and Gene Delivery Jin-Ho Choy, Jae-Min Oh, Soo-Jin Choi | 401 |
| 13.1 | Introduction | 401 |
| 13.2 | Synthesis of Bio-inorganic Conjugates | 403 |
| 13.3 | Bio-inorganic Conjugate for Efficient Gene Delivery | 407 |
| 13.3.1 | Cellular Uptake Kinetics of LDH-FITC Into Cells | 407 |
| 13.3.2 | Effect of As-myc-LDH Hybrid on the Suppression of Cancer Cells | 408 |
| 13.4 | Bio-inorganic Conjugate for Efficient Drug Delivery | 409 |
| 13.4.1 | Cellular Uptake of MTX-LDH Hybrid | 409 |
| 13.4.2 | Effect of MTX-LDH on Cell Proliferation and Viability | 409 |
| 13.4.3 | Effect of MTX-LDH Hybrid on the Cell Cycle | 410 |
| 13.4.4 | Potential of Bio-inorganic Conjugates for Gene and Drug Delivery | 411 |
| 13.5 | Cellular Uptake Mechanism of LDH | 412 |
| 13.5.1 | EndocytosisofLDH | 412 |
| 13.5.2 | Endocytic Pathway of LDH | 413 |
| 13.6 | Conclusion | 415 |
| | References | 415 |
| 14 | Halloysite Nanotubules, a Novel Substrate for the Controlled Delivery of Bioactive Molecules | 419 |
| | Yuri M. Lvov, Ronald R. Price | |
| 14.1 | Halloysite Structural Characterization | 419 |
| 14.2 | Macromolecule Loading and Sustained Release | 422 |
| 14.2.1 | Nanotubule Loading Procedure | 422 |
| 14.2.2 | Drugs and Biocides | 423 |
| 14.2.3 | Globular Proteins | 427 |
| 14.3 | Nanoassembly on Tubules and at the Lumen Opening | 428 |
| 14.4 | Catalysis in a Nanoconstrained Volume of the Tubule Lumen | 431 |
| 14.5 | Multilayer Halloysite Assembly for Organized Nanofilms. Forming Low Density Tubule Nanoporous Materials | 436 |
| 14.5.1 | Tubule-Polycation Multilayer | 436 |
| 14.5.2 | Assembly of Tubule/Sphere Multilayer Nanocomposites | 437 |
| 14.6 | Applications: Current and Potential | 438 |
| | References | 439 |
| 15 | Enzyme-based Bioinorganic Materials Claude Forano, Vanessa Prévot | 443 |
| 15.1 | Introduction | 443 |
| 15.2 | Enzymes versus Inorganic Host Properties | 445 |
| 15.2.1 | Enzyme Properties | 445 |
| 15.2.2 | Inorganic Host Structures | 446 |
| 15.3 | Immobilization Strategy | 446 |
| 15.3.1 | Adsorption Process | 448 |
| 15.3.2 | Encapsulation Processes | 449 |
| 15.3.3 | Nanostructuring of Enzyme-based Films | 450 |
| 15.3.4 | Covalent Grafting | 452 |
| 15.4 | Bioinorganic Nanohybrids | 454 |
| 15.4.1 | Immobilization of Enzymes in 2-D Inorganic Hosts | 454 |
| 15.4.1.1 | Immobilization in Clay Minerals and Related Materials | 454 |
| 15.4.1.2 | Immobilization in Layered Double Hydroxides | 457 |
| 15.4.1.3 | Immobilization in Layered Metal Oxides | 460 |
| 15.4.1.4 | Immobilization in Layered Zirconium Phosphate and Phosphonate | 461 |
| 15.4.2 | Immobilization of Enzymes in 3-D Inorganic Hosts | 464 |
| 15.4.2.1 | Immobilization in SiO2 | 464 |
| 15.4.2.2 | Immobilization on Alumina | 467 |
| 15.4.2.3 | Immobilization in Zeolite | 469 |
| 15.4.2.4 | Immobilization in Hydroxyapatite and Tricalciumphosphate | 471 |
| 15.5 | Enzyme-Host Structure Interactions | 471 |
| | References | 476 |
| | Index | 485 |
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