Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Shape-preserving transformations of organic matter and compositions thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1456910

The present invention relates to methods of transforming organic matter into organic-inorganic composites, inorganic replicas, or conductive replicas. Organic matter, such as biological cells and tissue and organs, can be converted into such composites and replicas using the methods described herein. In particular, such methods transform organic matter (into inorganic, organic-inorganic, or conductive constructs), while simultaneously preserving microscopic and/or macroscopic structural detail.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,989,447
Application Number:
14/795,366
OSTI ID:
1456910
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (137)

Silica replication of the hierarchical structure of wood with nanometer precision journal May 2011
Aerosol fabrication of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles and encapsulation of l-methionine as a candidate drug cargo journal January 2010
Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly of Hybrid Bridged Silsesquioxane Film and Particulate Mesophases with Integral Organic Functionality journal June 2000
Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores journal January 1998
Prescribing diatom morphology: toward genetic engineering of biological nanomaterials journal December 2007
Microparticles with Bimodal Nanoporosity Derived by Microemulsion Templating journal December 2009
Encapsulation of cells within silica matrixes: Towards a new advance in the conception of living hybrid materials journal February 2010
Species-specific polyamines from diatoms control silica morphology journal December 2000
Morphological Control in Colloidal Crystal Templating of Inverse Opals, Hierarchical Structures, and Shaped Particles journal February 2008
Cell-Specific Delivery of Diverse Cargos by Bacteriophage MS2 Virus-like Particles journal June 2011
Proteins in Mesoporous Silicates journal October 2008
Application of AFM in understanding biomineral formation in diatoms journal December 2007
The avian embryo as a model to study the development of the neural crest: a long and still ongoing story journal September 2004
Decellularization of tissues and organs journal March 2006
Electrostatically Mediated Liposome Fusion and Lipid Exchange with a Nanoparticle-Supported Bilayer for Control of Surface Charge, Drug Containment, and Delivery journal June 2009
Comparison of hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS), Peldri II, and critical-point drying methods for scanning electron microscopy of biological specimens journal December 1993
Biotemplating of Metal Carbide Microstructures: The Magnetic Leaf journal August 2010
Strategies for Stabilization of Enzymes in Organic Solvents journal November 2013
Scalable, Shape-Specific, Top-Down Fabrication Methods for the Synthesis of Engineered Colloidal Particles journal August 2010
Extensive and Intimate Association of the Cytoskeleton with Forming Silica in Diatoms: Control over Patterning on the Meso- and Micro-Scale journal December 2010
The targeted delivery of multicomponent cargos to cancer cells by nanoporous particle-supported lipid bilayers journal April 2011
Modification of the physical and optical properties of the frustule of the diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii by nickel sulfate journal June 2007
Rho GTPases and the Actin Cytoskeleton journal January 1998
Silicatein filaments and subunits from a marine sponge direct the polymerization of silica and silicones in vitro journal January 1999
Structure analysis of sputter-coated and ion-beam sputter-coated films: a comparative study journal November 1983
Jammed hard-particle packings: From Kepler to Bernal and beyond journal September 2010
Biphasic Janus particles with nanoscale anisotropy journal September 2005
DNA translocation through an array of kinked nanopores journal August 2010
A new family of mesoporous molecular sieves prepared with liquid crystal templates journal December 1992
Janus Particles: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Physical Properties, and Applications journal March 2013
Mechanically Encoded Cellular Shapes for Synthesis of Anisotropic Mesoporous Particles
  • Meyer, Kristin C.; Coker, Eric N.; Bolintineanu, Dan S.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, Issue 38, p. 13138-13141 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja506718z
journal September 2014
Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Recommendations 1984) journal January 1985
Geometric curvature controls the chemical patchiness and self-assembly of nanoparticles journal August 2013
Understanding enzyme immobilisation journal January 2009
Synthesis of Macroporous Minerals with Highly Ordered Three-Dimensional Arrays of Spheroidal Voids journal July 1998
Chemical reduction of three-dimensional silica micro-assemblies into microporous silicon replicas journal March 2007
On the role(s) of additives in bioinspired silicification journal January 2005
Simple and mild preparation of silica-enzyme composites from silicic acid solution journal January 2009
Using mechanobiological mimicry of red blood cells to extend circulation times of hydrogel microparticles journal January 2011
Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions journal January 1973
Hierarchical architectures by synergy between dynamical template self-assembly and biomineralization journal May 2007
Inorganic-Organic Nanotube Composites from Template Mineralization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus journal March 1999
Aerosol Route to Functional Nanostructured Inorganic and Hybrid Porous Materials journal October 2010
Cell-Directed Assembly of Lipid-Silica Nanostructures Providing Extended Cell Viability journal July 2006
Mechanical characterization of liver capsule through uniaxial quasi-static tensile tests until failure journal August 2010
Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism journal October 1992
Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007) journal January 2007
Cellular complexity captured in durable silica biocomposites journal October 2012
Advantages of indium-tin oxide-coated glass slides in correlative scanning electron microscopy applications of uncoated cultured cells journal March 2009
Imaging three-dimensional tissue architectures by focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy journal May 2011
Drying cells for SEM, AFM and TEM by hexamethyldisilazane: a study on hepatic endothelial cells journal April 1997
Biological Membranes as Bilayer Couples. A Molecular Mechanism of Drug-Erythrocyte Interactions journal November 1974
Mechanical Properties of Biological Materials book January 2013
Chloroquine-induced autophagic vacuole accumulation and cell death in glioma cells is p53 independent journal January 2010
Self-Assembly of Highly Phosphorylated Silaffins and Their Function in Biosilica Morphogenesis journal October 2002
Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems journal April 2013
Synthesis of microporous transition-metal-oxide molecular sieves by a supramolecular templating mechanism journal October 1997
Polycationic Peptides from Diatom Biosilica That Direct Silica Nanosphere Formation journal November 1999
Bioinspired enzyme encapsulation for biocatalysis journal October 2008
Ultrafast holographic nanopatterning of biocatalytically formed silica journal September 2001
Synthesis of Hexagonally Packed Mesoporous TiO2 by a Modified Sol–Gel Method journal October 1995
Submicroscopic Structure of the Red Cell journal February 1948
Diatoms, Biomineralization Processes, and Genomics journal November 2008
Stomatocyte-discocyte-echinocyte sequence of the human red blood cell: Evidence for the bilayer- couple hypothesis from membrane mechanics journal December 2002
Mesoporous silica-supported lipid bilayers (protocells) for DNA cargo delivery to the spinal cord journal June 2013
Scale-up analysis for a CHO cell culture process in large-scale bioreactors journal July 2009
Rotational separation of non-spherical bioparticles using I-shaped pillar arrays in a microfluidic device journal March 2013
Morphology-controlled synthesis of silica nanotubes through pH- and sequence-responsive morphological change of bacterial flagellar biotemplates journal January 2012
Synthetic fossilization of soft biological tissues and their shape-preserving transformation into silica or electron-conductive replicas journal December 2014
Interactions of bovine serum albumin and lysozyme with sodium silicate solutions journal June 2003
Recent bio-applications of sol–gel materials journal January 2006
Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Nanostructures Made Easy journal May 1999
Red cell membrane: past, present, and future journal November 2008
Photoresponsive Release from Azobenzene-Modified Single Cubic Crystal NaCl/Silica Particles journal January 2011
Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures journal August 2007
Cell-directed-assembly: Directing the formation of nano/bio interfaces and architectures with living cells journal March 2011
Conversion of Pollen Particles into Three-Dimensional Ceramic Replicas Tailored for Multimodal Adhesion journal November 2013
New views of cells in 3D: an introduction to electron tomography journal January 2005
Nanopatterned protein microrings from a diatom that direct silica morphogenesis journal February 2011
Tobacco mosaic virus templated synthesis of one dimensional inorganic–polymer hybrid fibres journal January 2009
Self-Assembled Carbon Nanotube Honeycomb Networks Using a Butterfly Wing Template as a Multifunctional Nanobiohybrid journal August 2013
Hydrothermal synthesis of monodisperse single-crystalline alpha-quartz nanospheres journal January 2011
Hydrogel microparticles from lithographic processes: Novel materials for fundamental and applied colloid science journal April 2011
Erythrocyte membrane-camouflaged polymeric nanoparticles as a biomimetic delivery platform journal June 2011
Infiltration of Silica Inside Fibrillar Collagen journal October 2011
Recent developments in dynamic transmission electron microscopy journal February 2012
Materials “alchemy”: Shape-preserving chemical transformation of micro-to-macroscopic 3-D structures journal June 2010
A Basis of Echinocytosis and Stomatocytosis in the Disc–Sphere Transformations of the Erythrocyte journal February 1999
Cell-Directed Assembly of Bio/Nano Interfaces—A New Scheme for Cell Immobilization journal September 2007
Titania and Silica Materials Derived from Chemically Dehydrated Porous Botanical Templates journal October 2012
Toxicology of nanoparticles: A historical perspective journal January 2007
Template-Assisted Self-Assembly:  A Practical Route to Complex Aggregates of Monodispersed Colloids with Well-Defined Sizes, Shapes, and Structures journal September 2001
Squishy Non-Spherical Hydrogel Microparticles journal September 2009
Protein-Directed Assembly of Arbitrary Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Silica Architectures journal January 2011
Electron microscopy of specimens in liquid journal October 2011
Peptide-Based Methods for the Preparation of Nanostructured Inorganic Materials journal February 2010
Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures journal November 2010
Assembly of large-area, highly ordered, crack-free inverse opal films journal May 2010
A Neutral Templating Route to Mesoporous Molecular Sieves journal February 1995
Continuous-flow lithography for high-throughput microparticle synthesis journal April 2006
Red blood cell-mimicking synthetic biomaterial particles journal December 2009
Chitin-Based Organic Networks: An Integral Part of Cell Wall Biosilica in the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana journal November 2009
Synthesis of inorganic materials with complex form journal July 1996
Bio-Inspired Materials - Mining the Old Literature for New Ideas journal September 2010
Biomimetic dual templating of silica by polysaccharide/protein assemblies journal August 2008
Intravital imaging of embryonic and tumor neovasculature using viral nanoparticles journal July 2010
Low-voltage backscattered electron imaging of non-coated biological samples in a low-vacuum environment using a variable-pressure scanning electron microscope with a YAG-detector journal January 1998
Protein- and Peptide-Directed Syntheses of Inorganic Materials journal November 2008
Freeze-fracture electron microscopy journal March 2007
Erythrocyte-Inspired Delivery Systems journal August 2012
Origins of the anomalous stress behavior in charged colloidal suspensions under shear journal November 2010
Biodistribution of PEG-modified gold nanoparticles following intratracheal instillation and intravenous injection journal September 2010
Aerosol-assisted self-assembly of mesostructured spherical nanoparticles journal March 1999
Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids journal November 2012
Droplet Microfluidics for Fabrication of Non-Spherical Particles journal November 2009
A Novel Method for Enzyme Immobilization: Direct Encapsulation of Acid Phosphatase in Nanoporous Silica Host Materials journal March 2001
Biocompatible Microfabrication of 3D Isolation Chambers for Targeted Confinement of Individual Cells and Their Progeny journal September 2012
Biomimetics and Biotemplating of Natural Materials journal March 2010
Cell-Directed Integration into Three-Dimensional Lipid−Silica Nanostructured Matrices journal September 2010
Background, status and future of the Transmission Electron Aberration-corrected Microscope project
  • Dahmen, U.; Erni, R.; Radmilovic, V.
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 367, Issue 1903, p. 3795-3808 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2009.0094
journal August 2009
Calcium-dependent Clustering of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors journal June 1998
Diatomaceous Lessons in Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials journal August 2009
Orthogonal Cell-Based Biosensing: Fluorescent, Electrochemical, and Colorimetric Detection with Silica-Immobilized Cellular Communities Integrated with an ITO-Glass/Plastic Laminate Cartridge journal June 2012
Application of environmental scanning electron microscopy to determine biological surface structure journal February 2009
Recent advances with anisotropic particles journal June 2011
Beam deceleration for block-face scanning electron microscopy of embedded biological tissue journal April 2012
Generalized synthesis of periodic surfactant/inorganic composite materials journal March 1994
Organic Templates for the Generation of Inorganic Materials journal March 2003
Aerosol-assisted synthesis of monodisperse single-crystalline α-cristobalite nanospheres journal January 2012
Preparation and Physisorption Characterization of d-Glucose-Templated Mesoporous Silica Sol−Gel Materials journal August 1999
Encapsulation of S. cerevisiae in Poly(glycerol) Silicate Derived Matrices: Effect of Matrix Additives and Cell Metabolic Phase on Long-Term Viability and Rate of Gene Expression journal May 2011
An inorganic–organic proton exchange membrane for fuel cells with a controlled nanoscale pore structure journal February 2010
Bioreactor systems for the production of biopharmaceuticals from animal cells journal September 2006
Nanoparticles in Medicine: Therapeutic Applications and Developments journal October 2007
Prospects of Manipulating Diatom Silica Nanostructure journal January 2005
Porous Nanoparticle Supported Lipid Bilayers (Protocells) as Delivery Vehicles journal February 2009
Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy to Reconstruct Three-Dimensional Tissue Nanostructure journal October 2004