Search Results - "Deheyn, Dimitri"
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Not so biodegradable: Polylactic acid and cellulose/plastic blend textiles lack fast biodegradation in marine waters
Published in PloS one (24-05-2023)“…The resistance of plastic textiles to environmental degradation is of major concern as large portions of these materials reach the ocean. There, they persist…”
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Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-02-2021)“…Melanin is ubiquitous in living organisms across different biological kingdoms of life, making it an important, natural biomaterial. Its presence in nature…”
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Degradation of synthetic and wood-based cellulose fabrics in the marine environment: Comparative assessment of field, aquarium, and bioreactor experiments
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-10-2021)“…As global production of textiles rapidly grows, there is urgency to understand the persistence of fabrics in the marine environment, particularly from the…”
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Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles
Published in ACS nano (26-05-2015)“…Structural colors arising from interactions of light with submicron scale periodic structures have been found in many species across all taxa, serving multiple…”
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Bionic 3D printed corals
Published in Nature communications (09-04-2020)“…Corals have evolved as optimized photon augmentation systems, leading to space-efficient microalgal growth and outstanding photosynthetic quantum efficiencies…”
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Photobiology: How flowers get the blues to lure bees
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How flowers get the blues to lure bees
Published in Nature (London) (26-10-2017)“…The petals of a range of flowers harbour repeated patterns of nanostructures that show similar levels of disorder across species. This degree of disorder…”
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Reversible adhesion to rough surfaces both in and out of water, inspired by the clingfish suction disc
Published in Bioinspiration & biomimetics (25-10-2019)“…Adhesion is difficult to achieve on rough surfaces both in air and underwater. In nature, the northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) has evolved the…”
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Effects of cold stress and heat stress on coral fluorescence in reef-building corals
Published in Scientific reports (12-03-2013)“…Widespread temperature stress has caused catastrophic coral bleaching events that have been devastating for coral reefs. Here, we evaluate whether coral…”
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In situ differentiation of iridophore crystallotypes underlies zebrafish stripe patterning
Published in Nature communications (15-12-2020)“…Skin color patterns are ubiquitous in nature, impact social behavior, predator avoidance, and protection from ultraviolet irradiation. A leading model system…”
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Evidence that ferritin is associated with light production in the mucus of the marine worm Chaetopterus
Published in Scientific reports (10-11-2016)“…The blue glow of the mucus from Chaetopterus involves a photoprotein, iron and flavins. Identity and respective role of these components remain, however,…”
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Life history changes in coral fluorescence and the effects of light intensity on larval physiology and settlement in Seriatopora hystrix
Published in PloS one (27-03-2013)“…Fluorescence is common in both coral adult and larval stages, and is produced by fluorescent proteins that absorb higher energy light and emit lower energy…”
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Iron redox pathway revealed in ferritin via electron transfer analysis
Published in Scientific reports (04-03-2020)“…Ferritin protein is involved in biological tissues in the storage and management of iron - an essential micro-nutrient in the majority of living systems. While…”
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Dynamic regulation of coral energy metabolism throughout the diel cycle
Published in Scientific reports (16-11-2020)“…Coral reefs are naturally exposed to daily and seasonal variations in environmental oxygen levels, which can be exacerbated in intensity and duration by…”
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Rainbow peacock spiders inspire miniature super-iridescent optics
Published in Nature communications (22-12-2017)“…Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication in nature and acts particularly strongly in visual…”
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Fluorescent proteins generate a genetic color polymorphism and counteract oxidative stress in intertidal sea anemones
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-03-2024)“…Fluorescent proteins (FPs) are ubiquitous tools in research, yet their endogenous functions in nature are poorly understood. In this work, we describe a…”
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Regulation of Green Fluorescent Proteins by Sea Anemones (Anthopleura spp.) in Response to Light
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (03-05-2024)“…Green Fluorescent Proteins (GFPs) are a family of proteins with a disjunct systematic distribution; their biological functions remain speculative for the most…”
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Hyperspectral imaging of snow algae and green algae from aeroterrestrial habitats
Published in Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (01-09-2016)“…Snow algae and green algae living in aeroterrestrial habitats are ideal objects to study adaptation to high light irradiation. Here, we used a detailed…”
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Toward Bioinspired Wet Adhesives: Lessons from Assessing Surface Structures of the Suction Disc of Intertidal Clingfish
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (07-10-2020)“…The clingfish attaches to rough surfaces with considerable strength using an intricate suction disc, which displays complex surface geometries from structures…”
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Fate plasticity and reprogramming in genetically distinct populations of Danio leucophores
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-06-2019)“…Understanding genetic and cellular bases of adult form remains a fundamental goal at the intersection of developmental and evolutionary biology. The skin…”
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