SupportingInformation:
“Directed Formation of Silica by a Non-Polypeptide Block
Copolymer Enzyme Mimic”
ChetanC.Hire,AndrewJ.Oyer,GinaE.Macek,JenniferL.Bento,andDouglasH.
Adamson
PolymercharacterizationincludedbothGPCandNMR.Examplesofeachareincludedbelow.SI1.
ThermalGravimetricAnalysiswasobtainedusingaTAInstruments2950.
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SolidstateNMRofsilicaformedbybio‐mimeticblockcopolymer.Thesilicon‐29(29Si)solid‐statemagicanglespinning(MAS)nuclearmagneticresonancespectrawasacquiredusingaBrukerAscend400WBspectrometeroperatingat79.42MHz.A29SiNMRMASspectrumwasobtainedusingasingle45°rfpulse(3.5μs)separatedby120srecycledelays.Thespectralwidthwas30kHz,andatotalof3000scanswereacquired.Thespinningratewas5kHzatroomtemperatureusinga4mmrotor.
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TEMimageofsilicaspherefragmentindicatingamorphoussilica.TheimageswereobtainedbyuseofaJEOL2010FasTEM.
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SI4SAXSanalysiswasperformedinthelaboratoryofProf.RickRegisteratPrincetonUniversity.TheinhousesystemconsistsofaPANalyticalPW3830(sealedtube)x‐raygeneratoremployingalongfinefocusCux‐raytube.TothisiscoupledaKratkycameramadebyAnton‐Paar,Graz,Austria.Thecameraisconnectedtoaone‐dimensionalposition‐sensitivedetector(BraunOED‐50M)whichisthenconnectedtoaPCmultichannelanalyzer(TennelecNucleusPCA‐II).Thefiguresbelowaretheresultsofanalysisofsilicaprecipitateshowntobespheresofapproximately100nminsizebyTEM.Duetostrongscattering,itwasnotpossibletoobtaindatabelowaboutq=0.4nm‐1.Noevidenceofinternalmicrostructurewasobserved,althoughthepossibilityexiststhatitismaskedbystrongparticlescattering.
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EDAXoftypicalsilicaprecipitatefrommimicpolymersolution.Topleftissilicon,toprightiscarbonfromthecarbontapeusedtosecurethesamples,andthebottomimageisofoxygen.
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