Luigi Petrone, Jim McQuillan

Adhesives from Marine Microorganisms

Characterization and ATR-IR adsorption studies of related model compounds

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

All benthic marine organisms having a dispersal phase in their life histories require an adhesive strategy that allows them to adhere to diverse underwater substrates over a wide range of environmental conditions. In this book, the adhesion of Perna canaliculus mussel larvae and Undaria pinnatifida algal spores was studied mainly by electron microscopic techniques and attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. Additionally, spectroscopic studies on the adsorption of model compounds on titania confirmed the presence of anionic functional groups in the organism secretions which are thought to be responsible for the underwater interactions of the bioadhesives with immersed surfaces. Integrating the data obtained from surface chemistry, physical-chemistry and biochemistry experiments appear to be a necessary strategy in order to elucidate the complex adhesion process of marine microorganisms and to develop novel approaches to enhance the organisms settlement, for instance in aquaculture, or on the other hand to inhibit biofouling of underwater surfaces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9783838342085
• ISBN-10: 3838342089
• Artikelnr.: 30580438

Autorenporträt

Luigi Petrone: Postdoctoral Fellow at Linköping University, Chemistry PhD at Otago University and Chemistry BSc at Bari University. Jim McQuillan: Professor of Physical Chemistry at Otago University, Fellow of the Royal Society and of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.