Light transmission of the marine diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8339, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Shih Hsin ^a   Paoletti, Camille ^a   Torres, Moacir ^a   Ritchie, Raymond J ^a   Larkum, Anthony W D ^a   Grillet, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Diatom; Microscopy; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; DIATOM; INCOMING LIGHT; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY PROFILES; INTRICATE STRUCTURES; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MARINE DIATOMS; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; OPTICAL AXIS; TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR; TRANSMITTED LIGHT; TRANSMITTED LIGHT INTENSITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TRANSMISSIONS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84860709767     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.915044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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