rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_74297dea-133a-569a-83d9-fee6982b446e">9.1 Introduction
9.2 Diatom
9.3 Raman Scattering
9.4 SERS Through Diatom: Fundamentals and Application Overview
9.5 Conclusion and Future Outlook
References
14 10 Diatoms as Sensors and Their Applications 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Diatoms as Biosensors 10.3 Conclusion Acknowledgments References
15 11 Diatom Frustules: A Transducer Platform for Optical Detection of Molecules 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Optical Properties of Diatom Frustules 11.3 Methods Involved in Thin Film Deposition of Diatom Frustules 11.4 Diatom as an Optical Transducer for Biosensors 11.5 Diatom as an Optical Transducer for Gas/Chemical Sensors 11.6 Conclusion References
16 12 Effects of Light on Physico-Chemical Properties of Diatoms 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Effect of Light on Diatom Function and Morphology 12.3 Conclusion Acknowledgment References
17 Index
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Selected diatoms taxa in the Baryczka stream obtained using phase con...Figure 1.2 Comparison of diatom defects and man-made photonic crystal fiber. The...Figure 1.3 Quantitative phase image of diatom cell recorded using 20 x/0.45 micr...Figure 1.4 QPIs results showing a variety of diatom samples; (a) diatom recorded...Figure 1.5 Images illustrating the relationship between the bacterium L. monocyt...Figure 1.6 Dark field micrographs of control cells and cells exposed to Ag NPs. ...Figure 1.7 (a) Dark field image of single valve of C. wailesii diatom and (b) co...Figure 1.8 Images of new silicon deposits and chlorophyll a (Chl a) of coastal a...Figure 1.9 Hyperspectral analysis of a single valve of Coscinodiscus centralis o...Figure 1.10 Laser confocal microscope images of H. hauckii-R. intracellularis sy...Figure 1.11 Live cells, biosilica and biosilica-associated organic matrix from t...Figure 1.12 Quantification of carbolines in healthy and oomycete-infected diatom...Figure 1.13 Evaluation of siRNA uptake and cellular internalization using confoc...Figure 1.14 Specific particle endocytosis of FITC/PEI/FA-functionalized silica n...Figure 1.15 Left: Multi-photon image of living centric diatoms Coscinodiscus wai...Figure 1.16 (a) Asterionellopsis glacialis and (b) Proboscia alata captured usin...Figure 1.17 (a) Average fluorescence lifetime images of T. weissflogii exposed t...Figure 1.18 PALM analysis of tpSil3. (a) Comparison of epifluorescence image and...
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Diatom studies from the viewpoint of nanobiological physics using opt...Figure 2.2 Microscopy images of (a) PDMS microchamber, (b) spiral grooves, and (...Figure 2.3 Trajectories (red lines) of movements of the same diatom cell (a) bef...Figure 2.4 Overview of a “tumbled” microscope system with a microchamber. A phot...Figure 2.5 A typical example of snapshots and trajectories of the settlement of ...Figure 2.6 Typical examples of snapshots and trajectories of floating diatom cel...Figure 2.7 A DHM image of a living Cylindrotheca spp. cell. Ranges of refractive...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 SEM images of dehydrated mucilage, (a) 5 μm, (b) 2 μm [3.9]. From Top...Figure 3.2 (a) Overall view of Karayevia amoena, (b) valve without raphe (c) val...Figure 3.3 (a–c) Scanning electron micrographs of Pd3Co-D(100)-G [3.55], and bef...Figure 3.4 TEM micrographs of (a–c) Pd3Co-D (100)-G [3.55], (d) T. pseudonana, (...Figure 3.5 TEM micrographs of Pseudo-nitzschia species (a–c) P. calliantha, (d—f...Figure 3.6 CCMP470 structures obtained using (a) bright field LM, (b) phase cont...
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Schematic setup of an Atomic Force Microscope. Reproduced with permis...Figure 4.2 Comparison of the cell jackets fibrillar network obtained with (a) SE...Figure 4.3 Mesoscale structures of diatomaceous silica studied under AFM, (a) Li...Figure 4.4 The hypothetical path insertion of TiO2 in the diatom frustule by a t...Figure 4.5 Ultrastructure of Cyclotella cryptica observed under AFM:
