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Multi‐Pathway Upconversion Emission in Symmetry‐Broken Nanocavities: Broadband Multiresonant Enhancement and Anti‐Correlated Interfacial Sensitivity

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Symmetry‐broken plasmonic nanoantenna arrays achieve broadband multiresonant enhancement of second harmonic generation (SHG), third harmonic generation (THG), and upconversion photoluminescence (UCPL), under femtosecond laser excitation across the near‐infrared range (1000–1600 nm).
Elieser Mejia, Yuming Zhao, Meitong Nie, Benjamin Pittelkau, Aditya Garg, Junyeob Song, Wenqi Zhu, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal, Wei Zhou   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radiocarbon dating of the human eye lens crystallines reveal proteins without carbon turnover throughout life. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
BackgroundLens crystallines are special proteins in the eye lens. Because the epithelial basement membrane (lens capsule) completely encloses the lens, desquamation of aging cells is impossible, and due to the complete absence of blood vessels or ...
Niels Lynnerup, Henrik Kjeldsen, Steffen Heegaard, Christina Jacobsen, Jan Heinemeier   +4 more
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Organizing Principles for Dense Packings of Nonspherical Hard Particles: Not All Shapes Are Created Equal [PDF]

Physical Review E 86, 011102 (2012), 2012
We have recently devised organizing principles to obtain maximally dense packings of the Platonic and Archimedean solids, and certain smoothly-shaped convex nonspherical particles [Torquato and Jiao, Phys. Rev. E 81, 041310 (2010)]. Here we generalize them in order to guide one to ascertain the densest packings of other convex nonspherical particles as
arxiv   +1 more source

3D Nano‐architected Polymer Shell Enables Reconfigurable Stabilized Blue Phase Soft Crystals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spherical polymer shells featuring nanostructure of blue phase (BP) disclinations form via in situ photo‐polymerization within BP liquid crystals, providing controlled anchoring for BP nucleation and growth at room temperature and beyond. This architected confinement enhances BP thermal stability over a broad temperature range while enabling dynamic ...
Sepideh Norouzi, Yazael R. Morales‐Flores, Tadej Emersic, Jeremy Money, Otilio E. Rodriguez‐Lopez, Andrew Casale, Juan J. de Pablo, Jose A. Martinez‐Gonzalez, Monirosadat Sadati   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The high osmotic pressure in a lens fiber as a driving force for the development of senile cortical cataract [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
In lens cataract, the clouding change in lens leads to a decline of transparency of part of the lens. There are three types of senile cataract: cortical cataract, nuclear cataract, and posterior/anterior sub-capsular cataract. The most common senile cataract is cortical cataract.
arxiv  

“Writing” Crystal Phases in Amorphous Calcium Carbonate via Laser‐Induced Patterned Transformations

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Laser‐induced crystallization enabling the patterning of amorphous calcium carbonate into various distinct phases is introduced. This approach provides spatial control over polymorph selection, both crystalline and amorphous, inspired by biomineralization pathways.
Hadar Shaked, Iryna Polishchuk, Niv Ben‐Arie, Daniela Dobrynin, Javier Gainza, Alexander Katsman, Boaz Pokroy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution and the Calcite Eye Lens [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
Calcite is a uniaxial, birefringent crystal, which in its optically transparent form, has been used for animal eye lenses, the trilobite being one such animal. Because of the calcite birefringence there is a difficulty in using calcite as a lens. When the propagation direction of incoming light is not exactly on the c-axis, the mages blur.
arxiv  

Native Lignin Migration and Clustering in Wood: Superhydrophobic, Antimold, and Tribonegative Layers for Rain‐Driven Electrification

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study proposes a sustainable solution for rainwater‐driven energy harvesting by harnessing the intrinsic properties of lignin in wood. The first demonstration of an all‐wood tribonegative material for liquid–solid triboelectric nanogenerators is presented, eliminating the need for fluorine‐containing polymers and functional additives. Abstract The
Xuetong Shi, Ran Bi, Xin Shu, Peipei Wang, Yeedo Chun, Zhixiang Chen, Chris Zhou, Yi Lu, Orlando J. Rojas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of zonular tension on molecular transport in the porcine ocular lens

Frontiers in Ophthalmology
IntroductionAccommodation is the process of changing the ocular lens’ refractive power and focal distance. This process involves application of biomechanical forces on the lens by the surrounding musculature.
Morgan Crews, Wade Rich, Matthew A. Reilly, Matthew A. Reilly   +3 more
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Better Visual Outcome by Intraocular Lens Ejection in Geriatric Patients with Ruptured Ocular Injuries. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Ocular trauma is one of the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide. Because of the popularity of cataract surgeries, aged individuals with ocular trauma commonly have a surgical wound in their eyes.
Hiroki Kaneko, Tetsu Asami, Tadasu Sugita, Taichi Tsunekawa, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Kei Takayama, Kentaro Yamamoto, Shu Kachi, Yasuki Ito, Shinji Ueno, Norie Nonobe, Keiko Kataoka, Ayana Suzumura, Takeshi Iwase, Hiroko Terasaki   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source