Integration of TiO2 into the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii during frustule synthesis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECTS;

CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; DIATOMS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84887695617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03205     Document Type: Article

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