Diatoms are known to grow elaborate nano-and microstructured silica shells by depositing material from precursor-containing vesicles at mild temperature and pH. Oligo (1- methylazetane) and related moieties, in some cases attached to proteins, are believed to facilitate this process. To complement prior studies of more complex amines, we aim to understand why such a unique structure has evolved through a systematic study of a set of ...
[Poe, Sarah L.; Bogdan, Andrew R.; Mason, Brian P.; Steinbacher, Jeremy L.; Opalka, Suzanne M.; Tyler McQuade Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 74, # 4 p. 1574 - 1580]
[Hamid, M. Haniti S. A.; Allen, C. Liana; Lamb, Gareth W.; Maxwell, Aoife C.; Maytum, Hannah C.; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 , vol. 131, p. 1766 - 1774]