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  • Chirality plays a critical role in the structure and function of natural and synthetic polymers, impacting their properties. Here, the authors achieve single-chain chemical analysis to unravel the emergence of different forms of chirality from small molecules to their resulting polymers and supramolecular assemblies.

    • Xuecong Li
    • Sidharam P. Pujari
    • Francesco Simone Ruggeri
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-15

  • Whereas bonds that strengthen under mechanical stress occur frequently in nature, all synthetic bonds weaken under force. Now, an artificial supramolecular catch bond has been shown to strengthen the particle–surface interface under increasing shear flow in a rolling adhesion assay, thereby mimicking biological adhesion processes.

    • Martijn van Galen
    • Annemarie Bok
    • Joris Sprakel
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Chemistry
    Volume: 16, P: 1943-1950

  • Plant cell wall formation is directed by cortical microtubules, which produce complex patterns needed to support xylem vessels. Here, the authors perform live-cell imaging and simulations of Arabidopsis cells during proto-xylem differentiation to show how local microtubule dynamics control pattern formation.

    • René Schneider
    • Kris van’t Klooster
    • Staffan Persson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-12

  • Surface-deformation imaging, molecular-fracture sensors and modelling reveal that plant-pathogenic Phytophthora slice through the plant surface during host invasion. The underlying mechanism resembles cutting with a sharp knife and is termed naifu invasion.

    • Jochem Bronkhorst
    • Michiel Kasteel
    • Joris Sprakel
    Research
    Nature Microbiology
    Volume: 6, P: 1000-1006

  • Collagen networks go from soft to rigid when strained, but in tissue they exist in a soft matrix. An enhanced stiffness and delayed strain-stiffening is now revealed in the composite, which may explain the remarkable sensitivity of living tissue.

    • Federica Burla
    • Justin Tauber
    • Gijsje H. Koenderink
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 15, P: 549-553