Biological Systems and Packing
Leaf is known as solar collector crammed full of photosyntetic cells that with help of water and carbon dioxide produceoxygen and sugar.
The photosyntetic process happens when unusable sun energy transforms into chemical energy with help of chlorophill pigment that is responsible for the green color of the leaf. The upper tissue of a leaf comprises of cuticule that prevents water loss,then palisade cells which lay very tight top each other to collect light and there happens the most of photosyntetic process. Light strikes of chlorophill in this cells excites electrones to a higher levels of energy,so the water in the leaf split and releases oxygen. The oxygen leaves the leaf throught the bottom guard cells.
the chlorofill pigment that responsible for photosyntetic process,has a very specific molecular structure that can be used as a packing system
Reptile skin presents us with a very interesting surface ,that works in a few directions at the same time. For example ,snake skin consists of scales which are embedded tightly in the upper layer of its skin called epidermis. Scales are considered as part of the skin and provide a distinct functioning for a snake. Due to their material comprised from karatine tissue and structure of roof tiles,when each scale overlap another , they serve as preventers of water loss,heat aggregation,light difraction and of course main tools of locomotion. Scales are being changed by the snake few times a year to keep with the snake’s growth.
The actual molecular structure of Karotine,might serve as a packing system as well.
these are few other examples that were interesting for me in terms of packing.
the upper one is a butterfly wing in close up,showing its inner structre. The lower one is a voronoy pattern based on the decomposition of metric space into a set of discreet objects,This kind of patterns are created using points and interval boundaries. The procedural logic minimizes acute angles in cells, creating an elegance which is ubiquitous in biological and mineral formations in nature.
another example of packing circles.
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