The topography of soft, adhesive diatom 'trails' as observed by atomic force microscopy

Biofouling

Volumn 16, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Higgins, Michael J ^a   Crawford, Simon A ^a   Mulvaney, Paul ^a   Wetherbee, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Adhesive; Atomic force microscope; Biofouling; Diatom

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIATOM; MUCILAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034486204     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010009378438     Document Type: Article

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