Diatoms as building blocks for new materials Dr. Santiago Garcia | Ir. Paul Denissen
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Diatoms are silica micro-sized exoskeletons which have various nano/micro porous architectures that can be used as sustainable and cost-effective carriers for the controlled release of active substances.
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The exoskeletons’ ability to store and subsequently release substances can be used in for instance self-healing anti-corrosion coatings, building materials, the food industry, and controlled internal drug delivery.
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The next step in this research is to explore how the species-dependent diatom architecture influences the release kinetics, and how the architecture and surface of the exoskeletons can be adjusted to influence these release kinetics. 111