Photonic tinkering in the open ocean
Photonic tinkering in the open ocean
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公海中的光子修补
DOI：
10.1126/science.adf2062
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Porter, Megan
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作者：
Feller, Kate;Porter, Megan
数十亿生活在开阔水域或远洋栖息地的动物可以使用各种光操纵伪装解决方案消失在周围环境中。这些包括透明的、透明的和闪光的反射结构。虽然这种光子伪装可以让这些动物消失在周围环境中，但它们仍然需要进食（并避免被吃掉），这需要能够检测到它们看不见的邻居。因此，在捕食者和猎物之间存在着一场军备竞赛，争夺能看到而又不能被看到的能力。在海洋动物的多样性中，进化的修补产生了多种控制光的传输，反射和检测的解决方案。在本期杂志的第695页，Sexhtet al.report发现了光子玻璃材料，这种材料构成了远洋甲壳类动物幼虫闪闪发光的“眼睛闪光”的基础，并允许反射伪装和视觉。这些发现提出了一种在空间有限的组织中产生突出的、可调的着色和光操纵的机制。
Billions of animals living in open water, or pelagic habitats, can disappear into their surroundings using a variety of light-manipulating camouflage solutions. These include transparent, antireflection, and glittery reflective structures. Although such photonic camouflage allows these animals to vanish into their surroundings, they still need to eat (and avoid being eaten), which requires the ability to detect their invisible neighbors. Thus, an arms race exists between predators and prey for the ability to see and yet not be seen . Evolutionary tinkering across the diversity of pelagic animals has produced multiple solutions for controlling the transmission, reflection, and detection of light. On page 695 of this issue, Shavitet al.report the discovery of photonic glass materials that form the basis of sparkly “eyeglitter” in the larvae of pelagic crustaceans and allows for both reflective camouflage and vision. These findings present a mechanism for producing salient, tunable coloration and light manipulation in space-limited tissues.