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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.11.044

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• TITLE: Biological Template Based on ent-Kaurane Diterpenoid Glycosides for the Synthesis of Inorganic Porous Materials

  AUTHORS: Ángela B. Sifontes, Mirla Rodriguez, David Freire, Wendy Rondón, Ligia Llovera, Edgar Cañizales, Franklin J. Méndez, Andrea Monaco, Yraida Díaz

  KEYWORDS: Diterpene Glycosides; Stevia rebaudiana; Template

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, Vol.3 No.4, October 28, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Recent studies on the preparation of porous nano-materials revealed that the use of kaurane diterpenoids molecules from steviol as biological template favors the obtaining of metallic oxides with tubular morphology as nanorods or nanofibers. In this sense, the present contribution shows an analysis in order to understand how these glycosides of kaurane diterpenoids control the nucleation and growth of inorganic materials favoring the obtaining of these morphologies. For this purpose, it was necessary to carry out studies of the leaf aqueous extract of Stevia rebaudiana by HRTEM, FTIR and 1H-NMR.