Floating assembly of diatom Coscinodiscus sp. microshells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Wang, Yu ^a   Pan, Junfeng ^a   Cai, Jun ^a   Zhang, Deyuan ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Buoyancy test; Micro range attractive forces; Nanopores; Nanotechnology; Self assembly monolayer

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; WATER;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOSENSOR; COSCINODISCUS; DIATOM; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FLOATING ASSEMBLY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA;

DIATOMS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCUS SP.;

EID: 84862815210     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.080     Document Type: Article

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