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

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

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 prop...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Takeda, Fuyu Ito, Shigeru Yamanaka, Naoyuki Takiyama, Katsumi Yoshino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2013-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4794958
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spelling doaj-f657dd018c1c481cbf9e05731c9a522c2020-11-24T21:12:53ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262013-03-013303212003212010.1063/1.4794958Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe asperaHiroyuki TakedaFuyu ItoShigeru YamanakaNaoyuki TakiyamaKatsumi YoshinoThere 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. http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4794958
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author Hiroyuki Takeda
Fuyu Ito
Shigeru Yamanaka
Naoyuki Takiyama
Katsumi Yoshino
spellingShingle Hiroyuki Takeda
Fuyu Ito
Shigeru Yamanaka
Naoyuki Takiyama
Katsumi Yoshino
Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
AIP Advances
author_facet Hiroyuki Takeda
Fuyu Ito
Shigeru Yamanaka
Naoyuki Takiyama
Katsumi Yoshino
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title Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
title_short Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
title_full Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
title_fullStr Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
title_full_unstemmed Roles of trichomes with silica particles on the surface of leaves in Aphananthe aspera
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publisher AIP Publishing LLC
series AIP Advances
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publishDate 2013-03-01
description 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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