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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

LEVELS OF STRUCTURE. “Finally, the interaction between several tertiary units of a biopolymer forms the quaternary structure, for instance the fibrils in the collagen example in Figure 15. The analogy in the nonclassical crystallization scenario is the mesocrystal. with an either self-determined morphology (this is the usual case) or a morphology determined by an external template, which is likely the case for some biominerals.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

EXQUISITE REASONING. “The symmetry of a sharp edge is not obvious.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

LEGO BLOCKS. “In analogy, a number of unit cells build the nanocrystal with potentially unusual shape and interaction pattern, which is the primary building unit in a nonclassical crystallization process.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

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THE CORRESPONDENCE. “The smallest regular unit in such a crystal is the unit cell, which corresponds to the secondary structure in biopolymers (a-helix, B-sheet, y-turn). The interaction between several secondary structural elements of biopolymers defines the tertiary structure.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

REALITY IS FIELDS. “Over the past century, quantum field theory has proved to be the single most sweeping and successful physical theory ever invented. It can explain at a fundamental level literally every single experiment that we’ve ever done.” https://lnkd.in/em4Z3KGK View in LinkedIn

SITEMAP. “An important lesson from the multilevel structure formation in biopolymers is the coding of the structural organization process by chemical functionalities, which is for example the amino acid sequence in proteins.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn

LIGHT ANALOGY. “The conclusion from this merely is that it likely is possible to fashion a structure within flat space-time and endow particle interactions with overall properties in relation to it, with an end result in rough agreement with light diffraction.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

STRIKING ANALOGIES. “It is remarkable that the structural levels found for biopolymers such as proteins or polysaccharides have similar features as the structural levels found in a mesocrystal. Both structures rely on self organization/structuration processes in a solvent and it is useful to consider analogies.” https://lnkd.in/eNACsghr View in LinkedIn