@article{e9bbdc1fe9f9460992e445e00827fd5c,
title = "Nano-structured polymer-silica composite derived from a marine diatom via deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerization grafting",
abstract = "A diatom frustule is functionalized with an alkyl halide to allow the growth of a polymer from its surface via deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerization. The diatom core is partially dissolved to form a more translational platform. This method can be used to create an array of nano-structured composites derived from the species-specific diatom architecture.",
keywords = "DE-ATRP, diatom, drug delivery, polymers, templates",
author = "Jacqueline O'Connor and Yvonne Lang and Joshua Chao and Hongliang Cao and Liam Collins and Rodriguez, {Brian J.} and Peter Dockery and Finn, {David P.} and Wenxin Wang and Abhay Pandit",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1002/smll.201301146",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "469--473",
journal = "Small",
issn = "1613-6810",
publisher = "wiley",
number = "3",
}