Light manipulation in a marine diatom

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3229-3235

  Noyes, Joseph ^a   Sumper, Manfred ^b   Vukusic, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

APPLICATIONS.; BLUE LIGHTS; CELL WALLS; CENTRIC DIATOMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LIGHT INTERACTIONS; LIGHT MANIPULATIONS; MARINE DIATOMS; PERIODIC NANO STRUCTURES; ULTRA STRUCTURES;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 58049207741     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0381     Document Type: Article

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