Chemical Communications 2011-12-14

Integrative and intermediate self-assembly of multi-walled hybrid nanotubes for catanionic biomimetics.

Fenglin Liu, Wenpei Kang, Chenhao Zhao, Yunlan Su, Dujin Wang, Qiang Shen

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 47(46) , 12482-4, (2011)

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Abstract

Hollow cylindrical multi-walled hybrid nanotubes go through dynamic growth and subsequent disappearance during the biomimetic fabrication of hexagonal calcite platelets, simulating the in vivo purpose-driven self-assembly of tubular plasma-membrane calcium-ion channels for biomaterials to adapt, respond and repair.