Microfluidic simulation of a colonial diatom chain reveals oscillatory movement

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 431-441

  Srajer, Johannes ^a   Majlis, Burhanuddin Y ^b   Gebeshuber, Ille C ^a,b,c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^c AC2T RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Diatom chain; Fluid dynamics; Hydroelastics; Nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70549089819     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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