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Helical microstructures in molluscan biomineralization are a biological example of close packed helices that may form from a colloidal liquid crystal precursor in a twist-bend nematic phase
Katarzyna Berent, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Antonio G. Checa +3
We demonstrate that nature has produced a close-packed helical twisted filamentous material in the biomineralization of the mollusc. In liquid crystals, twist-bend nematics have be…
Spiral precipitation patterns in confined chemical gardens
Florence Haudin, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Fabian Brau +1
Chemical gardens are mineral aggregates that grow in three dimensions with plant-like forms and share properties with self-assembled structures like nano-scale tubes, brinicles or…
Runaway electrification of friable self-replicating granular matter
Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Bruno Escribano, Hinrich Grothe +3
We establish that the nonlinear dynamics of collisions between particles favors the charging of a insulating, friable, self-replicating granular material that undergoes nucleation,…