Application of AFM in understanding biomineral formation in diatoms

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 456, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-137

  Hildebrand, Mark ^a   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^b   Allison, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biomineralization; Diatoms; Mesoscale; Nanofabrication; Nanoscale; Silica

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DIGITAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIATOMS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MINERALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 43149108827     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0388-y     Document Type: Review

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