增强银反射功能的结构基础在科伊鱼的和皮肤
Dvir Gur1, Ben Leshem, Dan Oron
1Departments of † Structural Biology and ‡Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 14, 2014
概括
日本科伊鱼通过关晶层的结构变化,而不是改变晶体组成,实现了增强的银反射. 这项研究揭示了生物结构如何优化光反射以改善视觉外观.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 鱼类学 鱼类学 鱼类学
背景情况:
- 由于生物多层反射器,鱼的皮肤和表现出银色的光泽.
- 这些反射器由细胞内无水瓜晶组成,由细胞质分离出来.
- 了解这些结构可以揭示增强光反射率的机制.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较两个具有不同反射力的日本koi变种的反射力.
- 为了确定生物结构如何调节鱼中的反射性.
- 为了获得对关氨酸晶体/细胞质结构的机械学理解,这些结构控制着银的反射强度.
主要方法:
- 使用定制显微镜测量尺度反射率.
- 通过高分辨率的冷扫描电子显微镜 (cryo-SEM) 描述了瓜晶/细胞质层结构.
- 使用测量参数计算尺度反射率,并与实验数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在科伊鱼中,使用相同的基本瓜晶体/细胞质堆来实现增强的反射性.
- 这些堆的结构布局的变化,无论是在堆内还是堆之间,以及相对于尺度表面的变化,都提高了反射性.
- 开发了一种包含结构参数和晶体方向的模型,以解释反射强化.
结论:
- 鱼中反射力的生物调制主要是结构性的,而不是组成性的.
- 多层反射器内瓜晶体的排列和方向显著影响光反射强度.
- 拟议的模型为理解鱼类增强银反射的机制提供了基础.
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