Nanostructure and nanomechanics of live Phaeodactylum tricornutum morphotypes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1344-1356

  Francius, Grégory ^a   Tesson, Benoît ^b   Dague, Etienne ^a   Martin Jézéquel, Véronique ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; DIATOM; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; DIATOMS; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 41849091845     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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