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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200102593
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Meta-microscopy of insect tissue: How nature grows bicontinuous nanosolids. Several butterfly species grow a complex nano-sculptured matrix whose chiral network structure confers remarkable optical properties, including jewel-like reflections. The formation process remains mysterious and a spectacular case of bottom-up self-assembly at far larger scales than accessible in the lab. The project aims to decipher this process, by (a) tomography of a species where arrested growth sites represent time-frozen snapshots of the development, and (b) by a combination of micron-resolved in-vivo microscopy of a developing butterfly wing with a growth model to infer nanometer-scale information. This insight will lead to blueprints for self-assembly strategies and shed light on function and form of inner-cellular membranes.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2021
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $369,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Soft Condensed Matter | Condensed Matter Physics |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology
