Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera

Hiroyuki Takeda; Fuyu Ito; Shigeru Yamanaka; Naoyuki Takiyama; Katsumi Yoshino

doi:10.1063/1.4794958

journal article·2013-03-01Open access

Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera

Hiroyuki Takeda, Fuyu Ito, Shigeru Yamanaka, Naoyuki Takiyama, Katsumi Yoshino

AIP Advances· Volume 3· Issue 3

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There exist many trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera (Muku tree). The size of the trichomes is on the order of some tens to hundreds of micrometers. Investigating the electric-field local densities of the states and distributions of electromagnetic wave propagation, we theoretically revealed that while trichomes play a role as waveguides for the far-infrared, silica particles help incident far-infrared light efficiently propagate inside the trichomes and leaves. These properties would be useful for efficiently warming plants, since absorbed far-infrared light is converted to heat.

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OpenAlex topics: Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies · Photonic Crystals and Applications · Photonic and Optical Devices

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Affiliations

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1 International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), , 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

Shinshu University 2 Satellite Venture Business Laboratory, , 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan

Shinshu University 3 Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, , 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan

Shimane Institute for Industrial Technology 4 , 1 Hokuryo-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-0816, Japan

Osaka University 5 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, , 2-1 Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

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