Comas, HoracioLaporte, VincentBorcard, FrançoiseMiéville, PascalKrauss Juillerat, FranziskaCaporini, Marc AnthonyGonzenbach, UrsJuillerat-Jeanneret, LucienneGerber-Lemaire, Sandrine2012-01-192012-01-192012-01-19201210.1021/am201638ahttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/76761WOS:000300644500010Different anchoring groups have been studied with the aim of covalently binding organic linkers to the surface of alumina ceramic foams. The results suggested that a higher degree of functionalisation was achieved with a pyrogallol derivative - as compared to its catechol analogue - based on the XPS analysis of the ceramic surface. The conjugation of organic ligands to the surface of these alumina materials was corroborated by DNP-MAS-NMR measurements.Ceramic foamfunctionalisationXPSDNP-MAS-NMRbiomaterialspyrogallol moietytext::journal::journal article::research article