Star Trek replicators and diatom nanotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 325-328

  Drum, Ryan W ^a   Gordon, Richard ^b  

^a Island Herbs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CELLS; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICA;

SINGLE CELLED ALGAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ATOM; DIATOM; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; MACHINE; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0142102663     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(03)00169-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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