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Inside Back Cover: Laser imaging polarimetry of nacre (J. Biophotonics 10/2018)
Author(s) -
Jones Joshua A.,
Metzler Rebecca A.,
D'Addario Anthony J.,
Burgess Carrie,
Regan Brian,
Spano Samantha,
Cvarch Ben A.,
Galvez Enrique J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of biophotonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1864-0648
pISSN - 1864-063X
DOI - 10.1002/jbio.201870165
Subject(s) - biophotonics , aragonite , materials science , pearl , polarimetry , lamellar structure , optics , nanotechnology , composite material , optoelectronics , photonics , calcium carbonate , physics , scattering , philosophy , theology
Nacre, or mother of pearl, is a complex self‐assembled biomaterial that has high resistance against breakage. It is made of micronsized aragonite‐crystal tablets embedded in organic matter, in a brick‐and‐mortar type of structure. Analysis of the transformation of polarized light passing through this natural structure reveals the great uniformity of the layered arrangement of bivalve nacre (left image), and quite distinctly, the non‐uniform columnar structure of gastropod nacre (right image). Further details can be found in the article by Joshua A. Jones, Rebecca A. Metzler, Anthony J. D'Addario et, al. ( e201800026 ).