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Templated deposition of porous fullerene-C60 in the interior of siliceous sponge spicules as a biogenic microvessel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2012

Arcan F. Dericioglu ,
Panče Naumov  and
Yoshihisa Tanaka
Arcan F. Dericioglu*
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey; and International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Panče Naumov
Affiliation:
International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan; and Department of Material and Life Science, Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Yoshihisa Tanaka
Affiliation:
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The unique set of mechanical properties found in rigid biological tissues, which combine high strength and stiffness with superior toughness, offer inspiration for the design of advanced functional structural materials with outstanding performance. This paper reports on the first utilization of one such biogenic material—siliceous sponge spicules, the skeletal elements of sponges (Poriphera)—as a unique naturally nanostructured template for vacuum deposition, while also reporting on the effects of the required chemical and thermal treatments for template preparation on the material’s microstructure and mechanical properties. The confined space within the central channel of spicules from the sponge Euplectella acts simultaneously as a nanotemplate and as a biogenic, optically transparent, glassy microchamber for the preparation of micrometer-sized clusters of fullerene-C60 through vacuum deposition onto the nanostructured surface. This biological material allows an unprecedented and unique microporous morphology of C60 particles to be obtained.

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sponge spiculebiomimeticsfullerene-C60 depositionmicrostructuresstructure-property relationships
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 22 , 22 November 2012 , pp. 2851 - 2857
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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