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Mechanics of plant fruit hooks [PDF]

, 2013
Hook-like surface structures, observed in some plant species, play an important role in the process of plant growth and seed dispersal. In this study, we developed an elastic model and further used it to investigate the mechanical behaviour of fruit ...
Pugno, Nicola M., S. Gorb, Gorb, Stanislav N., Chen, Quiang, Gorb, Elena, Q. Chen, E. Gorb, Pugno, Nicola   +7 more
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Endozoochory by the cooperation between beetles and ants in the holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum in the deserts of Northwest China.

PLoS ONE
Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. first described by Carl Johann (Ivanovič) Ruprecht in 1840 is a desert parasitic plant that mainly parasitizes the roots of Nitraria L. (especially of Nitraria tangutorum Bobrov., Nitraria sibirica Pall.).
Zhi Wang, Huan Guan, Bingzhen Li, Qianqian Zhang, Qing Chen, Dehui Wang, Kexin He, Zikang Jin, Guilin Chen   +8 more
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A novel seed dispersal mode of Apostasia nipponica could provide some clues to the early evolution of the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae

Evolution Letters, 2020
Despite being one of the most diverse families, scant attention has been paid to the seed dispersal system in Orchidaceae, owing to the widely accepted notion that wind dispersal is the dominant strategy.
Kenji Suetsugu
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Functionalizing Micro‐to‐Mesoscopic Electrode Architectures for Regulating Electron Transfer Behaviors in Electrocatalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A systematic review is conducted to assess the influence of electrode architecture across micro‐ to mesoscopic length scales on electron‐transfer pathways in electrocatalysis. We discuss the structure‐activity relationships in electrocatalytic applications, including resource recovery and environmental remediation, and provide cost‐effective, efficient
Manshu Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhang, Shideng Yuan, Xinmeng Yu, Keming Wan, Xiaoguang Duan, Zhining Wang   +6 more
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Dispersal mode mediates the seed functional traits of woody plants’ responses to urbanization in remnant forest patches

Trees, Forests and People
Urban remnant forests are essential for biodiversity conservation within city landscapes, facing direct impacts from urbanization and indirect changes from surrounding land use alterations that affect seed dispersal and plant diversity.
Minglu Guo, Zijin Wang, Yanjun Zheng, Ying Pan, Jingyi Yang   +4 more
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Light‐Induced Field‐Tunneling Synapses in Solution‐Processed Van Der Waals Heterostructures for Scalable, Retina‐Inspired Optical Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A scalable, solution‐processed WSe2/ZrO2‐x van der Waals heterostructure realizes a light‐induced field‐tunneling synapse (LIFTS) that activates exclusively under bright illumination, emulating the photopic adaptation of the human retina at the device level.
Kijeong Nam, Jihyun Kim, Soobeen Ji, In Soo Kim, Sejin Kim, Eungseon Yeon, Do Kyung Hwang, Iva Plutnarová, Zdeněk Sofer, Sang Min Won, Joohoon Kang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multifunctional Neutrophil Nanovesicles Induce Remodeling of Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Synergistic Multimodal Tumor Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the engineered RN@FDT for multimodal tumor therapy. a) Fabrication of FD&DOX/TFA‐loaded RGD‐NNV (RN@FDT) and the light‐triggered disassemble of RN@FDT. b) After internalized by tumor cells, RN@FDT are disintegrated under NIR‐II laser irradiation to boost PTT and induce cell apoptosis.
Jiahui Zhang, Cheng Ji, Xin‐Jian Fang, Yu Qian, Jiayuan Shi, Wenhui Liu, Baiyuan Fan, Yuan Zhong, Jiayi Wang, Dan Yu, Maoye Wang, Min Fu, Xiaoxin Zhang, Runbi Ji, Hélder A. Santos, Hongbo Zhang, Xu Zhang   +16 more
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Experimental methods for wind tunnel studies of seed dispersal by wind

Applications in Plant Sciences
The complexity and variability of natural environments make quantitative studies of seed wind dispersal challenging. Wind tunnel experiments offer a controlled alternative to investigate the mechanisms of seed wind dispersal.
Liang Tian, Noelle G. Beckman, Lu Zong, Xuanping Qin, Minghu Liu, Zhimin Liu   +5 more
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Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser

Basic and Applied Ecology
Seeds removed by animals have one of two mutually exclusive fates – they are either predated or dispersed and still alive. The quality of seed dispersal by animals and the number of predated seeds will therefore determine net interaction outcomes for ...
Finn Rehling, Eelke Jongejans, Nina Farwig, Dana G. Schabo   +3 more
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Reversible Tuning of Multiple Molecular Kinking for Stem Cell Regulation In Vivo

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this work, we introduce the novel concept of background component‐free “multiple kinks” material platform composed solely of liganded multiple kink‐bearing molecules as a strategy for dynamic biomaterial design. Tri‐kink molecules enable effective near‐infrared light‐triggered ligand masking and visible light‐triggered ligand exposure, thereby ...
Kanghyeon Kim, Jeongah Shin, Chowon Kim, Honghwan Choi, Dahee Kim, Sungkyu Lee, Choongmo Kang, Hyunsik Hong, Taehoon Ha, Nayeon Kang, Jungyeon Rhi, Ramar Thangam, Yuri Kim, Jeongyun Heo, Cheol Hwan Kwak, Jangsun Hwang, Daun Jeong, Rasoul Moradi, Sunghoon Hur, Hyun‐Cheol Song, Hyun‐Do Jung, Min Jae Lee, Rongqin Huang, Pooyan Makvandi, Yun Suk Huh, Ji Hye Choi, Wenguo Cui, Sehoon Kim, Heemin Kang   +28 more
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