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cond-mat.soft2022★ 6 cited
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…
physics.bio-ph2022★ 1 cited
Quantum noise may limit the mechanosensory sensitivity of cilia in the left-right organizer of the vertebrate bodyplan
Julyan H. E. Cartwright
Could nature be harnessing quantum mechanics in cilia to optimize the sensitivity of the mechanism of left-right symmetry breaking during development in vertebrates? I evaluate whe…