Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Lang, Yvonne Mary"
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Strategies to Modify the Diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii for Use as a Biotemplate to Generate Hierarchical Polymeric Microcapsules
Lang, Yvonne Mary (2013-12-20)The aim of this research study was to generate a polymeric capsule with hierarchical architecture employing the diatom frustule as a sacrificial biotemplate. Both pennate and centric diatoms were isolated from Galway bay ...