The
experimental
procedure
for
evaporating
silicon
monoxide
together
with
the
methods
for
measuring
the film
thickness
have
been
investigated.
The
effects
of
various
process
parameters
on
the
rate
of
deposition,
such
as
source
temperature
and
source-substrate
distance,
have
been
studied.
The
uniformity
of
silicon
monoxide
films
deposited
by
this
particular...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the optoelectronic properties of the
Ge doped biosilica, mainly focused on the photoluminescence (PL) properties of
diatom frustules of N. frustulum that contain metabolically inserted germanium
oxide produced by a two-stage photobioreactor cultivation process. In order to
explain the observed PL intensity...
Marine diatoms are a class of microalgae that possess cell walls composed of silica nanoparticles. These organisms actively assimilate silicic acid Si(OH)4 from seawater, polymerize silicic acid to silica nanoparticles by a protein-mediated precipitation process, and then assemble the silica nanoparticles into intricate patterns that constitute the cell wall microarchitecture...