Table 3 Thermal stability of K/A, and K/R silica-NWs against heating up to 1000 °C, analysed by TA universal analysis software
From: Chemically and thermally stable silica nanowires with a β-sheet peptide core for bionanotechnology
K/A silica-NWs | Weight loss % (25–150 °C) | Weight loss % (150–500 °C) | Weight loss % (500–1000 °C) | Total loss % (25–1000 °C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
K1A | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
K8A | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
K1R | 2.6 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 22 |
K1RK8R | 9 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 14.4 |
K8R | 3 | 18 | 2 | 23 |
K9R | 2.3 | 10 | 1 | 13.3 |