Diatoms represent the major component of phytoplankton and are responsible for about 20–
25% of global primary production. Hundreds of millions of years of evolution led to tens of …

Diatoms are unicellular photosynthetic microalgae, ubiquitously diffused in both marine and
freshwater environments, which exist worldwide with more than 100 000 species, each with …

Diatoms are the major contributors to phytoplankton blooms in lakes and in the sea and
hence are central in aquatic ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. All free-living diatoms …

Pseudo-nitzschia is a marine cosmopolitan genus of chain-forming planktonic diatoms. As
for the vast majority of phytoplankton organisms, species identification within this genus …

The ability to produce low-cost, hierarchically-structured and nanopatterned inorganic
materials could potentially revolutionize the way we fabricate photovoltaic, energy storage …

Anthropogenically released CO2 is dissolving in the ocean, causing a decrease in bulk-
seawater pH (ocean acidification). Projections indicate that the pH will drop 0.3 units from its …

Diatoms produce diverse three-dimensional regular silica structures with nanometer to
micrometer dimensions and hold considerable promise for biological and biomimetic …

Diatoms are single‐celled micro‐algae that possess an exoskeleton (called frustule)
comprised of diverse and highly ordered 3D porous silica structures and that hold …

Diatoms have been described as “nanometer‐born lithographers” because of their ability to
create sophisticated 3D amorphous silica exoskeletons. The hierarchical architecture of …

Diatoms have intricately and uniquely nanopatterned silica exoskeletons (frustules) and are
a common target of biomimetic investigations. A better understanding of the diatom frustule …