Anhydrous β-guanine crystals in a marine dinoflagellate: Structure and suggested function.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.04.009
Abstract: Guanine crystals are used by certain animals, including vertebrates, to produce structural colors or to enhance vision, because of their distinctive reflective properties. Here we use cryo-SEM, cryo- FIB SEM and Raman spectroscopic imaging to… read more here.
Keywords: marine dinoflagellate; guanine; anhydrous guanine; guanine crystals ... See more keywords
One-dimensional assembly of β-form anhydrous guanine microrods.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01717e
Abstract: Biogenic guanine crystals exhibit excellent optical properties owing to their extremely high refractive index. However, there is no report related to the highly-ordered guanine assemblies in the synthetic systems. Herein, β-phase anhydrous guanine (β-AG) microrods… read more here.
Keywords: anhydrous guanine; water; one dimensional; assembly ... See more keywords