Creation of a 3D Goethite–Spongin Composite Using an Extreme Biomimetics Approach [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 The structural biopolymer spongin in the form of a 3D scaffold resembles in shape and size numerous species of industrially useful marine keratosan demosponges.
Anita Kubiak +2 more
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3D Spongin Scaffolds as Templates for Electro-Assisted Deposition of Selected Iron Oxides [PDF]
BiomimeticsThe skeletons of marine sponges are ancient biocomposite structures in which mineral phases are formed on 3D organic matrices. In addition to calcium- and silicate-containing biominerals, iron ions play an active role in skeleton formation in some ...
Krzysztof Nowacki +2 more
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Spongin as a Unique 3D Template for the Development of Functional Iron-Based Composites Using Biomimetic Approach In Vitro [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 Marine sponges of the subclass Keratosa originated on our planet about 900 million years ago and represent evolutionarily ancient and hierarchically structured biological materials.
Anita Kubiak +18 more
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Electrochemical Sensing of Gallic Acid in Beverages Using a 3D Bio-Nanocomposite Based on Carbon Nanotubes/Spongin-Atacamite [PDF]
Biosensors, 2023 Gallic acid (GA) is one of the most important polyphenols, being widely used in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries due to its biological effects such as antioxidant, antibacterial, anticancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and ...
Hermann Ehrlich +2 more
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Discovery of mammalian collagens I and III within ancient poriferan biopolymer spongin [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSpongin is a fundamental biopolymer that has played a crucial role in the skeletogenesis of keratosan sponges for over 800 million years. This biomaterial had so far remained chemically unidentified and believed to be an enigmatic type of halogenated ...
Hermann Ehrlich +27 more
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Adsorption of Cationic Dyes on a Magnetic 3D Spongin Scaffold with Nano-Sized Fe3O4 Cores [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 The renewable, proteinaceous, marine biopolymer spongin is yet the focus of modern research. The preparation of a magnetic three-dimensional (3D) spongin scaffold with nano-sized Fe3O4 cores is reported here for the first time.
Maryam Akbari +9 more
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Applicability of a Green Nanocomposite Consisted of Spongin Decorated Cu2WO4(OH)2 and AgNPs as a High-Performance Aptasensing Platform in Staphylococcus aureus Detection [PDF]
Biosensors, 2023 This study reports the synthesis of a nanocomposite consisting of spongin and its applicability in the development of an aptasensing platform with high performance.
Faezeh Shahdost-Fard +7 more
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Rapid Hemostatic Biomaterial from a Natural Bath Sponge Skeleton [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Uncontrolled bleeding is the main cause of mortality from trauma. Collagen has been developed as an important hemostatic material due to its platelet affinity function. A bath sponge skeleton is rich in collagen, also known as spongin.
Qinghua Wang +8 more
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Investigation of the inverse problem for the Arrhenius equation using the example of thermal degradation of spongin-based scaffolds [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 A mathematical description of the thermal degradation of spongin-based scaffolds is given. The Arrhenius integral was evaluated using the inverse problem approach, in which the unknown values were the activation energy E A , the pre-exponential factor A,
Sonia Żółtowska +3 more
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3D Skeletal Scaffolds of Marine Keratosan Demosponges Origin as Renewable Sources for Bioinspiration in Modern Structural Biomimetics and Tissue Engineering [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis experimental review discusses evolutionarily approved, naturally pre-designed skeletal architectures of marine keratosan sponges in the form of 3D scaffolds, which have garnered increasing interest in the fields of structural and functional ...
Hermann Ehrlich +23 more
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