A thin polymer membrane, nano-suit, enhancing survival across the continuum between air and high vacuum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7631-7635

  Takaku, Yasuharu ^a,d   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohta, Isao ^a   Ishii, Daisuke ^b,c,d   Muranaka, Yoshinori ^a   Shimomura, Masatsugu ^c,d   Hariyama, Takahiko ^a,d  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Biophysics; Microscopy; Nanotechnology; Plasma physics

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR LAYER; POLYMER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; GAS; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOPHYSICS; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA PHYSICS;

AEDES; AIR; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CULEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VACUUM;

EID: 84877315289     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221341110     Document Type: Article

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