Ultra-slow Motion of Pine Cones (IMAGE)

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Ultra-slow Motion of Pine Cones

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The ultraslow hygroscopic geometric reshaping of pine cones. (a-c). The hygroscopic motions of the scales and constituent parts; (d). The VBs composing parallelly arranged spring microtubes and square microtubes; (e-f). The hygroscopic geometric reshaping mechanism of VBs.

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