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PHOTONIC PROPERTIES. "The crystal can thus form a kind of perfect optical “insulator,” which can confine light losslessly around sharp bends, in lower-index media, and within wavelength-scale cavities, among other novel possibilities for control of electromagnetic phenomena." http://ab-initio.mit.edu/photons/tutorial/photonic-intro.pdf View in LinkedIn

3D PHOTONIC CHIPS for computers could give a thousandfold increase in performance of computers. These crystals resemble the structure of diamond, with very broad photonic band gaps. https://lnkd.in/eMVH8KN View in LinkedIn

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES. "Unlike lattices of atoms, photonic crystals have structural possibilities limited only by the human imagination. Any shape can be sculpted at the lattice sites. Integrated circuits that combine conventional electronics and photonic crystals would represent" "the ultimate limit of optoelectronic miniaturization." http://optoelectronics.eecs.berkeley.edu/eliy_SCIAM.pdf View in LinkedIn

MAMMALIAN TASTE BUDS normally contain serotonin and taste buds can take up serotonin precursor molecules and covert it to serotonin. https://lnkd.in/eFBzmw7 View in LinkedIn

BAND GAP SKEPTICS. "Many researchers greeted the idea of a photonic band gap with skepticism and disinterest when it was first proposed, but today photonic crystals are rapidly turning into big business. Photonic crystals have applications such as high-capacity optical fibers, color pigments and photonic integrated circuits that would manipulate light in addition to electric currents." https://lnkd.in/eKrjXgP View in LinkedIn

BIOME AND TASTE RECEPTORS. "Synapses between gustatory receptor cells and primary sensory afferent fibers transmit the output signal from taste buds to the CNS." Taste stimulation in mouse taste buds led to the release of serotonin from those cells, implying that serotonin is a taste bud neurotransmitter. Serotonin synthesis is under bacterial control. https://lnkd.in/eJxqJAM View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS: SEMICONDUCTORS OF LIGHT. "Nanostructured materials containing ordered arrays of holes could lead to an optoelectronics revolution, doing for light what silicon did for electrons. The key was proving the skeptics wrong by showing that it was possible to create for light the same kind of phenomenon seen in electronic semiconductors—namely, a so-called band gap" or the forbidden zone. https://lnkd.in/eKrjXgP View in LinkedIn

INFO PROCESSING IN THE TASTE BUD. "Taste information undergoes significant processing within the gustatory sensory organ, the taste bud, as well as between the taste bud and the cranial nerves that carry gustatory information to the central nervous system." https://lnkd.in/e9BxNzf View in LinkedIn

PROFESSOR YABLONOVITCH, a remarkable man with a stunning career. This award is just one of a string of honors for this truly innovative scientist who defied the skeptics and created 3D photonic crystals, exceeding what exists in nature. https://lnkd.in/es4HxUP View in LinkedIn

"SEROTONIN is thought to act as an intermediary hormone which communicates with taste cells within the taste bud, mediating signals sent to the brain." Serotonin halts the release of dopamine which is stimulated by the smell of food to increasing appetite, so serotonin actually decreases" "appetite. https://lnkd.in/eRhsNji View in LinkedIn