Interface inorganic-biological

Further, organic or inorganic nanomaterials have also been incorporated to induce bioactive properties (a surface property) into the scaffolds. The rationale here is that the physical interface between biological systems (e.g., proteins, DNA) and nanobiomaterials share a number of common (e.g., similar size scales) as well as complementary (e.g., inorganic/organic versus biological composition) attributes. Since, the... 

The numerous separations reported in the literature include surfactants, inorganic ions, enzymes, other proteins, other organics, biological cells, and various other particles and substances. The scale of the systems ranges from the simple Grits test for the presence of surfactants in water, which has been shown to operate by virtue of transient foam fractionation [Lemlich, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 37, 497 (1971)], to the natural adsubble processes that occur on a grand scale in the ocean [Wallace and Duce, Deep Sea Res., 25, 827 (1978)]. For further information see the reviews cited earlier. 

Rees DC, Howard JB. The interface between the biological and inorganic worlds iron-sulfur clusters. Science 2003 300 929-31. 

The special symmetry considerations that are associated with chirality are attracting special attention these days, mainly in relation to inorganic interfaces (for a recent review please see [64]). The importance of chirality in biology and its relation to... 

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