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The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications) is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications. The first book of the series, Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and look at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in forensics, manufacturing, medicine, biofuel and agriculture. The contributors are leading international experts on diatoms. This book is for a wide audience researchers, academics, students, and teachers of biology and related disciplines, written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword xvii
Preface xxiii
1 A Memorial to Frithjof Sterrenburg: The Importance of the Amateur Diatomist 1
Janice L. Pappas
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Background and Interests 3
1.3 The Personality of an Amateur Diatomist 7
1.4 The Amateur Diatomist and the Importance of Collections 11
1.5 The Amateur Diatomist as Expert in the Tools of the Trade 12
1.6 The Amateur Diatomist as Peer-Reviewed Scientific Contributor 15
1.7 Concluding Remarks 20
Acknowledgments 21
References 21
2 Alex Altenbach - In Memoriam of a Friend 29
Wladyslaw Altermann
References 31
3 The Beauty of Diatoms 33
Mary Ann Tiffany and Stephen S. Nagy
3.1 Early History of Observations of Diatoms 33
3.2 Live Diatoms 35
3.3 Shapes and Structures 35
3.4 Diatom Beauty at Various Scales 36
3.5 Valves During Morphogenesis 37
3.6 Jamin-Lebedeff Interference Contrast Microscopy 39
3.7 Conclusion 40
Acknowledgments 40
References 41
4 Current Diatom Research in China 43
Yu Xin Zhang
4.1 Diatoms for Energy Conversion and Storage 43
4.1.1 Introduction 43
4.1.2 Diatom Silica: Structure, Properties and Their Optimization 46
4.1.3 Diatoms for Lithium Ion Battery Materials 48
4.1.4 Diatoms for Energy Storage: Supercapacitors 51
4.1.5 Diatoms for Solar Cells 56
4.1.6 Diatoms for Hydrogen Storage 58
4.1.7 Diatoms for Thermal Energy Storage 59
4.2 Diatoms for Water Treatment 61
4.2.1 Support for Preparation of Diatomite-Based Adsorption Composites 61
4.2.2 Catalyst and Template for Preparation of Porous Carbon Materials 63
4.2.3 Modification of Surface and Porous Structure 66
4.2.4 Support for Preparation of Diatomite-Based Metal Oxide Composites 75
4.3 Study of Tribological Performances of Compound Dimples Based on Diatoms Shell Structures 86
References 88
5 Cellular Mechanisms of Diatom Valve Morphogenesis 99
Yekaterina D. Bedoshvili and Yelena V. Likhoshway
5.1 Introduction 99
5.2 Valve Symmetry 100
5.3 Valve Silification Order 102
5.4 Silica Within SDV 103
5.5 Macromorphogenesis Control 104
5.6 Cytoskeletal Control of Morphogenesis 106
5.7 The Role of Vesicles in Morphogenesis 107
5.8 Valve Exocytosis and the SDV Origin 108
5.9 Conclusion 110
References 110
6 Application of Focused Ion Beam Technique in Taxonomy-Oriented Research on Ultrastructure of Diatoms 115
Andrzej Witkowski, Tomasz PBociDski, Justyna Grzonka, Izabela ZgBobicka, MaBgorzata Bk, PrzemysBaw Dbek, Ana I. Gomes and Krzysztof J. KurzydBowski
6.1 Introduction 116
6.2 Material and Methods 117
6.3 Results 117
6.3.1 Complex Stria Ultrastructure 117
6.3.1.1 Biremis lucens (Hustedt) Sabbe, Witkowski & Vyverman 1995 117
6.3.1.2 Olifantiella mascarenica Riaux-Gobin & Compere 2009 120
6.4 Discussion 123
6.4.1 Cultured Versus Wild Specimens 124
6.5 Conclusions 124
Acknowledgements 126
References 126
7 On Light and Diatoms: A Photonics and Photobiology Review 129
Mohamed M. Ghobara, Nirmal Mazumder, Vandana Vinayak, Louisa Reissig, Ille C. Gebeshuber, Mary Ann Tiffany and Richard Gordon
7.1 Introduction 130
7.2 The Unique Multiscale Structure of the Diatom Frustules 130
7.3 Optical Properties of Diatom Frustules 139
7.3.1 The Frustule as a Box with P
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Professor J. Seckbach is a retired senior academician at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He earned his MSc. & PhD from the University of Chicago. He was appointed to the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (as a senior Lecturer) and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard University. He served at Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, USA, as the first selected Chair for the Louisiana Sea Grant and Technology transfer. He has edited over 35 scientific books and 140 scientific articles on plant ferritin-phytoferritin, cellular evolution, acidothermophilic algae, and life in extreme environments and on astrobiology.
Richard Gordon's involvement with diatoms goes back to 1970 with his capillarity model for their gliding motility, published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. He later worked on a diffusion limited aggregation model for diatom morphogenesis, which led to the first paper ever published on diatom nanotechnology in 1988. He organized the first workshop on diatom nanotech in 2003. His other research is on computed tomography algorithms, HIV/AIDS prevention, and embryogenesis.
Zusammenfassung
The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications) is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications. The first book of the series, Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and look at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in forensics, manufacturing, medicine, biofuel and agriculture. The contributors are leading international experts on diatoms. This book is for a wide audience researchers, academics, students, and teachers of biology and related disciplines, written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.
