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Polishing, sensing, switching and synthesizing.

Polishing, sensing, switching and synthesizing. RESEARCH NOTES Synthetic bone Switching liquid crystals Animal tissues such as bone and muscle are with light composed of a hierarchical assembly of nanofibrils Organic photochromes photoresponsive and mineralized collagen, which allows these — molecules that can be glassy liquid crystals. specialized tissues to perform different functions. converted between two The materials consist Zhang and colleagues in Beijing have now prepared isomeric forms by light of a photochromic these nanofibrils synthetically to form a structure irradiation — have diarylathene core and composition that resembles that of bone potential applications in functionalized with (Chemistry of Materials 15, 3221–3226; 2003). They rewritable optical nematogens, resulting in a took different compositions of monomeric collagen memories and photonic monodomain glassy and solutions containing calcium and phosphate switches. However, for nematic film. Irradiation ions, then used either pH or temperature to induce optical memory of the film with ultraviolet the formation of collagen fibrils. Transmission applications, the organic light converts the electron microscopy at both low and high resolution materials must be stable photoresponsive core revealed the different levels of organization. The under repeated writing molecules from an open- authors found that nanocrystals of the minerals were and readout processes, ring form to a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Materials Springer Journals

Polishing, sensing, switching and synthesizing.

Nature Materials , Volume 2 (9) – Sep 1, 2003
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Polishing, sensing, switching and synthesizing.

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RESEARCH NOTES Synthetic bone Switching liquid crystals Animal tissues such as bone and muscle are with light composed of a hierarchical assembly of nanofibrils Organic photochromes photoresponsive and mineralized collagen, which allows these — molecules that can be glassy liquid crystals. specialized tissues to perform different functions. converted between two The materials consist Zhang and colleagues in Beijing have now prepared isomeric forms by light of a photochromic these...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Nature Publishing Group
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Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
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1476-1122
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1476-4660
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10.1038/nmat971
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RESEARCH NOTES Synthetic bone Switching liquid crystals Animal tissues such as bone and muscle are with light composed of a hierarchical assembly of nanofibrils Organic photochromes photoresponsive and mineralized collagen, which allows these — molecules that can be glassy liquid crystals. specialized tissues to perform different functions. converted between two The materials consist Zhang and colleagues in Beijing have now prepared isomeric forms by light of a photochromic these nanofibrils synthetically to form a structure irradiation — have diarylathene core and composition that resembles that of bone potential applications in functionalized with (Chemistry of Materials 15, 3221–3226; 2003). They rewritable optical nematogens, resulting in a took different compositions of monomeric collagen memories and photonic monodomain glassy and solutions containing calcium and phosphate switches. However, for nematic film. Irradiation ions, then used either pH or temperature to induce optical memory of the film with ultraviolet the formation of collagen fibrils. Transmission applications, the organic light converts the electron microscopy at both low and high resolution materials must be stable photoresponsive core revealed the different levels of organization. The under repeated writing molecules from an open- authors found that nanocrystals of the minerals were and readout processes, ring form to a

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Published: Sep 1, 2003

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