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MODULAR SIMILARITY. "That a similar modular principle occurs in jasmonate, auxin, gibberellin (GA) and ethylene (ET) perception and signalling represents one of the most fascinating discoveries in the last few years of plant hormone research." https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

CD IN GYROID PHOTONIC CRYSTALS. "Triply-periodic minimal surfaces, like the cubic gyroid, are good candidates for making photonic crystals with full band gaps than can potentially be tuned in the whole visible spectral range by varying the lattice constant and refraction index contrast." https://lnkd.in/e-N4YS6 View in LinkedIn

JASMONIC ACID, the plant volatile hormone, is intimately involved in numerous key plant processes, ranging from defense to collaboration with symbionts, to growth control, light sensing, and more. This extraordinary review paper is a goldmine for anyone interested. https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

BUTTERFLY WINGS. "Irridescence, Inclination & Circular Dichroism in Gyroid Photonic Crystals. The single gyroid photonic structure, realised as a porous chitin material in the wing-scales of various green butterflies." https://lnkd.in/e_WBY6G View in LinkedIn

SIGNIFICANCE. "The identification of these key components in JA perception and signalling allowed identification of downstream targets, the transcription factors (TFs), acting specifically in numerous JA-dependent processes. This led to the first mechanistic explanations of how cross-talk among the different hormones and signalling pathways may occur." https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

WING SCALES. "Photonic crystals (PCs) based on the geometry of oriented triply-periodic gyroid surfaces have been found in wing scales of several butterfly species. This consolidated chitin net has been linked to structural color. As we show here, chirality causes circular dichroic effects." https://lnkd.in/e7bW_yP View in LinkedIn

CHIRAL LIGHT. "Circular dichroism (CD) is dichroism involving circularly polarized light, i.e., the differential absorption of left- and right-handed light. Left-hand circular (LHC) and right-hand circular (RHC) polarized light represent two possible spin angular momentum states for a photon, and so circular dichroism is also referred to as dichroism for spin angular momentum." https://lnkd.in/eMeaKxt View in LinkedIn

BIRDS OF A FEATHER. "Recently, more and more interest has been focused on the chiral metamaterial (CMM) structures due to their attractive EM (optical) properties such as strong optical activity, circular dichroism (CD) and negative refractive index (NRI) from microwave to optical range." https://lnkd.in/ed4yX2s View in LinkedIn

CLOSE BUT DISTINCT. Circular dichroism and refractive index are very closely related, but distinct, functions of light waves. https://lnkd.in/e9xgZiY View in LinkedIn

GYNOIDS AND DICHROISM. Circular dichroism in natural gyroid chiral materials has been described. These are among the many ways in which photons are manipulated in the natural world. (Section 3.4). https://lnkd.in/esVfatc View in LinkedIn