Clusters (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Clusters

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Scanning electron microscopy images showing the morphogenesis of helical patterns, from the first-order unclustered nanobristle to the fourth-order coiled bundle. Scale bars, 4 mm. Note the hierarchical nature of the assembly reflected in the presence of the lower-order braids in the large clusters braided in a unique structure reminiscent of modern dreadlocks or mythical Medusa.

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Courtesy of the Aizenberg lab at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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