Functionalization of the living diatom thalassiosira weissflogii with thiol moieties

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lang, Yvonne ^a   Del Monte, Francisco ^b   Collins, Liam ^c   Rodriguez, Brian J ^c   Thompson, Kerry ^a   Dockery, Peter ^a   Finn, David P ^a   Pandit, Abhay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; THIOL;

ALCOHOL; BIOMINERALIZATION; DIATOM; MACHINERY; SILICA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIATOM; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

CELL WALL; DIATOMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887280253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3683     Document Type: Article

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