ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Matter produced by organisms is remarkable. Evolutionary optimized properties, e.g.regarding hydrodynamic, aerodynamic, wetting and adhesive behavior, can already be found in the“simplest” forms of organisms. Euglena gracilis, a single-celled algal species, performs tasks asdiverse as sensing the environment and reacting to it, converting and storing energy andmetabolizing nutrients, living as a plant or an animal, depending on the environmental constraints.We developed a preparation method for atomic force microscopy investigation of dried wholeEuglena cells in air and obtained data on whole cells as well as cell parts. Our studies corroborateTEM, SEM and optical microscopy results. Furthermore, we found new features on the pellicle, andset the ground for AFM force spectroscopy and viscoelastic studies on the nanoscale
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/17/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.555.411.pdf
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