Surface curvature both emerges from, and influences the behavior of, living objects at length
scales ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. The relevance of …

Gene co-option, the redeployment of an existing gene in an unrelated developmental
context, is an important mechanism underlying the evolution of morphological novelty. In …

Plants combine both chemical and structural means to appear colorful. We now have an
extensive understanding of the metabolic pathways used by flowering plants to synthesize …

The generation of structural color from wrinkled polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces,
fabricated by plasma exposure, subjected to uni‐and multi‐axial, and sequential strain fields …

Reflection light forms the core of our visual perception of the world. We can obtain vast
information by examining reflection light from biological surfaces, including pigment …

From smooth to buckled, nature exhibits organs of various shapes and forms. How cellular
growth patterns produce smooth organ shapes such as leaves and sepals remains unclear …

We use the model system Hibiscus trionum as a vehicle to study the origin and propagation
of surface nano-ridges in plant petal epidermal cells by tracking the development of the cell …

We investigate the combined effects of surface diffraction and total internal reflection (TIR) in
the design of 3-dimensional materials exhibiting distinct structural colour on various facets …

When asked to write this article, I knew immediately that a scanning electron microscopic
image of Arabidopsis conical petal epidermal cells (Fig. 1), taken more than 15 years ago …

Hibiscus trionum, commonly known as the 'Flower of an Hour', is an easily cultivated plant in
the Malvaceae family that is widespread in tropical and temperate regions, including …