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SO ENDS this section on mesocrystals in biomineral materials found in nature. The combination of proteins and minerals in a mesocrystal structure gives these biomineral materials considerable strength without brittleness. As is always the case, self assembly is key. Curiously, the chemistry points to magnetic and electric fields being important for the formation of mesocrystals but it is not yet described in living systems. https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

SELF-ORGANIZATION. “Nonclassical crystallization has many facets, which so far may appear unrelated. However, the common underlying principle is controlled self organization. As this is a common principle in nature, we can further learn from natural organization schemes to take advantage of evolutionary optimization.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGY IN CHEMISTRY. “Mesocrystal formation has a lot in common with known biological structuration processes and one can state that there is certainly a lot of "biology" involved in such nonclassical crystallization processes. This is also found in the related field of the so called biomorphs.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

BIOMIMICRY. “In addition, the close similarity between the structural cascades from primary to quaternary structures can explain the "bio-Iike" appearance and morphologies of many crystals formed by a nonclassical crystallization pathway. The formation of biopolymer quaternary structures from several different molecules (e.g., the insulin tertiary structure is formed from chain A and B) implies that it should also be possible to form mesocrystals that consist of chemically different nanocrystals.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

FLAT, NO OBSTACLE. “The quantum fluctuations cannot be equally tightly bound together throughout. The result is a reference frame for length and directions which describes flat space-time, but carries relative geometry compared to a configuration without the obstacle in question.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

ASSUMPTION AND IMPLICATION. “Assuming that relative geometry occurs at changes in information connectivity, a circular symmetric, smooth modulation with an exponential convergence to the reference frame is implied.” (Imagine having this line of thinking). https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

A striking leaf mold growing as an interpreted imprint of the leaf in wet leaves. View in LinkedIn

ASSUMING WE DO NOT SNUFF OUT. “The lifespan of a typical mammalian species is about 1 million years. Let’s think about a future in which humanity exists for 1 million years: 200,000 years are already behind us, so there would be 800,000 years still ahead. There would be 100 trillion people alive over the next 800,000 years.” https://lnkd.in/ek-46aW8 View in LinkedIn

THE WATERFALL. “When a connecting region opens up, the rate of interaction is diluted among the increased amount of available points of interaction.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

FLOWING WATER. “At any constriction formed by matter, information will be more quickly communicated through the empty space, i.e. the openings or connecting regions.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn