Mimicking bio-mechanical principles in photonic metamaterials for giant broadband nonlinearity
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DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-0352-0
Abstract: Microscopic structuring can change the effective properties of a material by several orders of magnitude. An example of this is animal bone, which has an effective elastic modulus that is more than 1,000 times larger… read more here.
Keywords: principles photonic; mimicking bio; nonlinearity; bio mechanical ... See more keywords
Mechanical Principles Governing the Shapes of Dendritic Spines
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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.657074
Abstract: Dendritic spines are small, bulbous protrusions along the dendrites of neurons and are sites of excitatory postsynaptic activity. The morphology of spines has been implicated in their function in synaptic plasticity and their shapes have… read more here.
Keywords: mechanical principles; principles governing; governing shapes; shapes dendritic ... See more keywords