Silicon, in its various forms, finds widespread use in electronic, optical, and structural
materials. Research on uses of silicon and silica has been intense for decades, raising the …

This review deals with natural biotribological systems and how they have inspired novel
micro-and nanotechnological applications. The biogenic devices presented here have …

Diatoms are microscopic unicellular algae with shells (frustules) made of amorphous
hydrated silica with various architectures. Their repetitive, multiscale features ranging from …

The secreted mucilage trails of the diatom Navicula sp. in the process of motility were
studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) …

Complex silica-based microcapsules with nanopatterned features were made using
Pickering stabilization as a fabrication tool. A sequential two-step liquid− liquid interface …

The pursuit of new nanotechnologies is driven by the demand for miniaturization, ubiquitous
computing, increasing connectivity and the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, the …

Diatoms possess intricately complicated nanopatterned silica outer shells, the so called
frustules. Due to their excellent three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures, diatom frustules …

Diatom frustule complexity and structural diversity is unequalled by any other microorganism
encased in a mineralised shell. Descriptive knowledge does exist on frustule morphology …

Diatoms developed a variety of mechanisms to form chain‐like colonies, resulting in diverse
morphologies and bulk mechanical properties. These properties affect translation, rotation …

We present four genera of bipolar centric diatoms with linking structures located on the valve
face: Rutilaria (including two new species from the Cretaceous), Spinivinculum …