Research has suggested that materials resembling the hierarchical ECM organisation and dimensions, as well as the elastic properties of tendon tissues are preferable (Bagnaninchi et al. 2007).
Despite the substantial differences in sample preparation procedures, the local environments around the zinc atoms were identical in all materials, resembling the arrangement of atoms in the crystal structure of monoclinic anhydrous zinc acetate.
Infrared spectral observations reveal the presence of water ice particles mixed with dark material resembling the carbon-rich material seen on primitive C-class asteroids.
Performance of the bare CTF material resembles the performance of commercial GC (glassy carbon) electrode.
The material resembles the properties of epidermis and is a first approach to mimic the mechanical properties of the human skin structure, variable with the length scale.
The researchers claim some groupings are reminiscent of dividing bacteria, and argue that their textured surface, the presence of lacy material resembling the mineralized biofilm produced by bacteria, and an occasional fibril-like filament also suggest "possible bacteria in Nakhla".
This idea is supported by histological sections of such aggregates (Figure 1B) showing dark cells, presumably D. caveatum cells, filled with phagosomes containing material resembling the majority of cells in the aggregates, the D. discoideum cells.
In simulated body fluid (SBF), a biomimetic mineral layer is formed on the material resembling the function of BAGs [ 9].
Strikingly, it also labels, strongly, an apical crescent and an apex-associated material, resembling the localization of the secretory v-snare SynA [49] at the apical plasma membrane crescent, where exocytosis predominates, and at the Spitzenkörper, where post-Golgi carriers accumulate [41].
