Abstract
The concept of plant vision refers to the fact that plants are receptive to their visual environment, although the mechanism involved is quite distinct from the human visual system. The mechanism in plants is not well understood and has yet to be fully investigated. In this work, we have exploited the properties of TiO2 nanowires as a UV sensor to simulate the phenomenon of photosynthesis in order to come one step closer to understanding how plants see the world. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first approach to emulate and depict plant vision. We have emulated the visual map perceived by plants with a single-pixel imaging system combined with a mechanical scanner. The image acquisition has been demonstrated for several electrolyte environments, in both transmissive and reflective configurations, in order to explore the different conditions in which plants perceive light.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8443-8450 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nanoscale |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 May 14 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research study was partly supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) in the Culture Technology (CT) Research & Development Program 2018 (R2017060005, Development of AR Platform based on Hologram). M.-C. Park acknowledges the financial support from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institution Program (Grant No. 2E28180).
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science