Multifunctionality of chiton biomineralized armor with an integrated visual system
Abstract
Although many biological tissues serve more than one purpose, rarely are they optimized to do multiple tasks well. When you try to optimize for one functionality, it comes at the expense of another. Li et al. investigated the biomineralized armor of the small mollusc chiton Acanthopleura granulata . The armor appears to be optimized for both mechanical strength and for image capture by hundreds of integral aragonite-based lenses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 20, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aad1246
Entities
People
- Christine Ortiz
- Daniel I. Speiser
- Grant T. England
- Joanna Aizenberg
- Ling Li
- Mathias Kolle
- Matthew J. Connors
- Xianghui Xiao
Organizations
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Army Research Office
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- National Science Foundation
- United States Department of Energy
- University of South Carolina