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The cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Sepiidae, Cephalopoda) constructs cuttlebone from a liquid-crystal precursor
| dc.contributor.author | Checa, Antonio G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cartwright, Julyan H. E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sanchez-Almazo, Isabel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andrade, José Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ruiz-Raya, Francisco | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-07T14:57:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-07T14:57:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cuttlebone, the sophisticated buoyancy device of cuttlefish, is made of extensive superposed chambers that have a complex internal arrangement of calcified pillars and organic membranes. It has not been clear how this structure is assembled. We find that the membranes result from a myriad of minor membranes initially filling the whole chamber, made of nanofibres evenly oriented within each membrane and slightly rotated with respect to those of adjacent membranes, producing a helical arrangement. We propose that the organism secretes a chitin-protein complex, which self-organizes layer-by-layer as a cholesteric liquid crystal, whereas the pillars are made by viscous fingering. The liquid crystallization mechanism permits us to homologize the elements of the cuttlebone with those of other coleoids and with the nacreous septa and the shells of nautiloids. These results challenge our view of this ultra-light natural material possessing desirable mechanical, structural and biological properties, suggesting that two self-organizing physical principles suffice to understand its formation. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CGL2010-20748-CO2-01, CGL2013-48247-P, FIS2013-48444-C2-2-P]; Andalusian Consejeria de Innovacion Ciencia y Tecnologia [RNM6433]; (Sepiatech, PROMAR program) of the Portuguese Ministerio da Agricultura e do Mar, Portugal [31.03.05.FEP.002]; Junta de Andalucia [RNM363]; FP7 COST Action of the European Community. [TD0903] | |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep11513 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11780 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Biological-materials | |
| dc.subject | Coleoid Cephalopods | |
| dc.subject | Organic matrix | |
| dc.subject | Chitin | |
| dc.subject | Shell | |
| dc.subject | Nacre | |
| dc.subject | Architecture | |
| dc.subject | Evolution | |
| dc.subject | Buoyancy | |
| dc.subject | Dynamics | |
| dc.title | The cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Sepiidae, Cephalopoda) constructs cuttlebone from a liquid-crystal precursor | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 11513 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Scientific Reports | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 5 | |
| person.familyName | Andrade | |
| person.givenName | Jose | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | D514-1A21-F020 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-5482-9776 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7201722097 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | |
| rcaap.type | article | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 8f1ffbdc-85aa-4342-8bd8-61eb6d6be74e | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | 8f1ffbdc-85aa-4342-8bd8-61eb6d6be74e |
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