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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2010
James N. Culver, Potomac, MD (US);
Elizabeth Royston, Walkersville, MD (US);
Adam Brown, Berwyn Heights, MD (US);
Michael Harris, Lafeyette, IN (US);
James N. Culver, Potomac, MD (US);
Elizabeth Royston, Walkersville, MD (US);
Adam Brown, Berwyn Heights, MD (US);
Michael Harris, Lafeyette, IN (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, Baltimore, MD (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method providing for increased silica growth on a bio-template, wherein the bio-template is pretreated with aniline to produce a uniform silica attractive surface and yielding a significant silica layers of at least 10 nm, and more preferably at least 20 nm in thickness, thereby providing for a high degree of stability to the bio-template.