Nature's Nanotechnologists: Unveiling the Secrets of Diatoms

All New Faces of Diatoms: Potential Source of Nanomaterials and Beyond

Nature's silicon marvel, the diatoms have lately astounded the scientific community with its intricate designs and lasting durability. Diatoms are a major group of phytoplanktons involved in the biogeochemical cycling of silica and are virtually inherent in every environment ranging from water to ice to soil. The usage of diatoms has proved prudently cost effective and its handling neither requ...

Freshwater Diatoms from Deepor Beel - A Ramsar Site of Assam, India Revealed Potential Photoluminescence Properties for Nanotechnological Applications

Diatoms are unicellular, eukaryotic, photosynthetic algae belong to Bacillariophyceae, found in both fresh and marine water. They are found in a wide variety of habitats, responsible for up to 25% of the world’s net primary productivity [1]. Diatom is the only organism having genetic ability to mineralize natural silica and to deposit over the frustule in nanoporous sizes. After understanding t...

A guide to the diatom literature for diatom nanotechnologists.

Richard Gordon,1 Hedy J. Kling,2 and Frithjof A. S. Sterrenburg3 1Departments of Radiology and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Room GA216, Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada 2Freshwater Institute, Room 156, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N6 Canada 3Research Associate, National Natural History Museum “Naturalis,” Leid...

Unveiling the secrets of longevity: the Ikaria study.

Cationic Amino Acids Specific Biomimetic Silicification in Ionic Liquid: A Quest to Understand the Formation of 3-D Structures in Diatoms

The intricate, hierarchical, highly reproducible, and exquisite biosilica structures formed by diatoms have generated great interest to understand biosilicification processes in nature. This curiosity is driven by the quest of researchers to understand nature's complexity, which might enable reproducing these elegant natural diatomaceous structures in our laboratories via biomimetics, which is ...