Bio-inspired synthesis of microporous bioactive glass-ceramic using CT-DNA as a template.

We report, for the first time, bio-inspired synthesis of a bioactive glass-ceramic with superior textural properties in atmospheric conditions using CT-DNA as template. The phase composition, structure, morphology, and textural properties of the bioactive glass sample were evaluated with various analytical techniques before and after in vitro tests. The BET surface area analysis of the obtained glass-ceramic sample reveals that it possesses a high surface area with a range of (micro- to meso-) pore sizes.