Diatoms in space: Testing prospects for reliable diatom nanotechnology in microgravity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gordon, Richard ^a   Hoover, Richard B ^b   Tuszynski, Jack A ^c   De Luis, Javier ^d   Camp, Philip J ^e   Tiffany, Mary Ann ^f   Nagy, Stephen S ^g   Fayek, Mostafa ^a   Lopez, Pascal Jean ^h   Lerner, Beatriz E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Montana Diatom Collection   (United States)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Active microfluidics; Astrobiology; Compustat; Diatoms; Feedback clinostat; Microgravity; Microtubules; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROGRAVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICA;

DIATOMS; FEEDBACK CLINOSTAT; MICROTUBULES;

ALGAE;

EID: 42149145613     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.737051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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