Atomic force microscopy study of living diatoms in ambient conditions

I . C . G E B E S H U B E R *, J. H . K I N D T †, J. B . T H O M P S O N †, Y. D E L A M O ‡, H . S T A C H E L B E R GE R §, M . A . B R Z E Z I N S K I ¶, G . D. S T U C K Y **, D. E . M O R S E †† & P. K . H A N S M A † * Austrian Center of Competence for Tribology AC 2T Research GmbH, Viktor-Kaplan-Strasse 2, A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria and Institut für Allgemeine Physik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8–10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria † Department of Physics, ¶ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology & Marine Science Institute, ** Department of Chemistry and Materials, and †† Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology & Marine Science Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A. ‡ Laboratoire Océanographique Biologique, Station Marine d’Arachon, 2 rue du Professeur Jolyet, Université Bordeaux, 33120 Arachon, France § Institute of Chemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/1667, A-1060 Vienna, Austria