@article{BaumgartnerLesevicKumarietal.2012,
  author    = {Baumgartner, Jens and Lesevic, Paul and Kumari, Monika and Halbmair, Karin and Bennet, Mathieu and Koernig, Andre and Widdrat, Marc and Andert, Janet and Wollgarten, Markus and Bertinetti, Luca and Strauch, Peter and Hirt, Ann and Faivre, Damien},
  title     = {From magnetotactic bacteria to hollow spirilla-shaped silica containing a magnetic chain},
  series = {RSC Advances},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {RSC Advances},
  number    = {21},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {2046-2069},
  doi       = {10.1039/c2ra20911j},
  pages     = {8007 -- 8009},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Magnetotactic bacteria produce chains of magnetite nanoparticles, which are called magnetosomes and are used for navigational purposes. We use these cells as a biological template to prepare a hollow hybrid material based on silica and magnetite, and show that the synthetic route is nondestructive as the material conserves the cell morphology as well as the alignment of the magnetic particles. The hybrid material can be resuspended in aqueous solution, and can be shown to orient itself in an external magnetic field. We anticipate that chemical modification of the silica can be used to functionalize the material surface in order to obtain multifunctional materials with specialized applications, e.g. targeted drug delivery.},
  language  = {en}
}