The paper of Saïd and Laurine has been published in Materials Horizons
The team disclose the concept of “self-mineralization” : a process by which the self-recognition properties of a peptide sequence (here a simple Phe-Phe pseudodipeptide) triggers the formation of siloxane bonds, leading to a nano structured hybrid materials.
See https://pubs.rsc.org/ko/content/articlehtml/2019/mh/c9mh00580c
