Month: September 2022

SYMMETRY AND PROGRAMMABILITY. "Symmetry-breaking transitions are very common in crystalline materials, for instance in shape memory alloys." This property of asymmetry offers a greater ability to code information into a material and program it. https://lnkd.in/esQdGYb View in LinkedIn

SYMMETRY AND ENTROPY. "A breaking of symmetry involves an abrupt change in the set of micro states a system can explore. This change has unavoidable thermodynamic implications. A shrinkage of the microstates set results in an entropy decrease, which eventually needs to be compensated by heat dissipation, and hence requires work," https://lnkd.in/etyZ3Pa View in LinkedIn

ASYMMETRY. "In analogy to the double-faced Roman god Janus, De Gennes formally introduced in his Nobel lecture the concept of “Janus grains” to describe grains with two distinct sides. The essential idea is that a three-dimensionally dissymmetrical distribution of certain physical/chemical features, such as size, shape, bulk composition, and surface chemistry, shall lead to the formation of specific hierarchical structures with novel properties." https://lnkd.in/e7E4Mgw View in LinkedIn

"SYMMETRY BREAKING is the process by which...uniformity is broken, or the number of points of view to invariance are reduced, to generate a more structured and improbable state." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

DOUBLE FACED ROMAN GOD JANUS. "The “Janus” term has been extended to describe the “dissymmetrical entities” in general, including macromolecules, supramolecular assemblies, nanoparticles, and colloidal particles. In synthesis, it requires the break of symmetry in the first place to create the “Janus” feature." Breaking symmetry to induce novel properties. https://chenggroup.uakron.edu/files/2015/05/11-yiwenli-ja202906m.pdf View in LinkedIn

KEY TO LIFE. "All qualitative cellular transitions and cellular decision-making are forms of symmetry breaking." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGICAL PHASE CHANGES. "In biological membranes, gel to liquid crystalline phase changes play a very critical role in physiological functioning of biomembranes." https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Phase_transition View in LinkedIn

ASYMMETRY IN BIOLOGY. "Symmetry breaking is essential for cell movement, polarity, and developmental planning." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

COMPLEXITY. "PW Anderson, Nobel Laureate in physics, speculated that increasing levels of broken symmetry in many-bodied systems (systems of many interacting components) correlates with increasing complexity and functional specialization. This is certainly true in biology." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

NANO TO MACRO. "The origins of large-scale asymmetries in biology often lies in the asymmetries at a smaller scale." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829966/ View in LinkedIn