Sym-Bionic Matter: developing symbiotic relationships for light-matter interaction

Project Information

BiTe

Grant agreement ID: 101001637

DOI

10.3030/101001637

Project closed

EC signature date 18 March 2021

Start date 1 April 2021

End date 31 March 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 620,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 620,00

Coordinated by

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Light management by algal aggregates in living photosynthetic hydrogels

Author(s): Sing Teng Chua, Alyssa Smith, Swathi Murthy, Maria Murace, Han Yang, Lukas Schertel, Michael Kühl, Pietro Cicuta, Alison G. Smith, Daniel Wangpraseurt, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316206121

Could Edible Photonic Structures Be an Alternative to Traditional Food Coloring?

Author(s): Miguel A. Cerqueira, Nicolas Vogel, Martin Lopez‐Garcia, Krassimir P. Velikov, Silvia Vignolini, Lorenzo M. Pastrana
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202502260

Convergent evolution of disordered lipidic structural colour in the fruits of <i>Lantana strigocamara</i> (syn. <i>L. camara</i> hybrid cultivar)

Author(s): Miranda A. Sinnott‐Armstrong; Yu Ogawa; Gea Theodora van de Kerkhof; Silvia Vignolini; Stacey D. Smith
Published in: New Phythologist, Issue Volume235, Issue3, Pages 898-906, 2022, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18262

Synthetic algal-bacteria consortia for space-efficient microalgal growth in a simple hydrogel system

Author(s): Martin, Noah Bernat, Tatum Dinasquet, Julie Stofko, Andrea Damon, April Deheyn, Dimitri D. Azam, Farooq Smith, Jennifer E. Davey, Matthew P. Smith, Alison G. Vignolini, Silvia
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-021-02528-7

Structural color in the bacterial domain: The ecogenomics of a 2-dimensional optical phenotype

Author(s): Aldert Zomer, Colin J. Ingham, F. A. Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt, Álvaro Escobar Doncel, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Raditijo Hamidjaja, Sanne Schouten, Lukas Schertel, Karin H. Müller, Laura Catón, Richard L. Hahnke, Henk Bolhuis, Silvia Vignolini, Bas E. Dutilh
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309757121

Multiple origins of lipid-based structural colors contribute to a gradient of fruit colors in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)

Author(s): Miranda A. Sinnott-Armstrong, Rox Middleton, Yu Ogawa, Gianni Jacucci, Edwige Moyroud, Beverley J. Glover, Paula J. Rudall, Silvia Vignolini, Michael J. Donoghue
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue Volume 237, Issue 2, Pages: 367-697, 2023, ISSN 1469-8137
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18538

Exploiting the Thermotropic Behavior of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose to Produce Edible Photonic Pigments

Author(s): Siyi Ming, Xiaotian Zhang, Chun Lam, Clement Chan, Zhen Wang, Mélanie M. Bay, Richard M. Parker, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Advanced Sustainable Systems, Issue Volume7, Issue4, 2023, ISSN 2366-7486
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202200469

Polysaccharide metabolism regulates structural colour in bacterial colonies.

Author(s): Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Lukas Schertel, Laura Catòn, Thomas G. Parton,Karin H. Müller, Heather F. Greer, Colin J. Ingham and Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 19, 2022, ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0181

Nudibranch color diversity shares a common physical basis in guanine photonic structure ‘pixels’

Author(s): Samuel Humphrey, Xianglian He, Tobias Priemel, Vera Marie Titze, Sinuhé Perea-Puente, Vivek Subramanian, Cedric Bouchet-Marquis, Bruno Jesus, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 123, 2026, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2525419123

Chiral self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals is driven by crystallite bundles

Author(s): Thomas G. Parton, Richard M. Parker, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Aurimas Narkevicius, Johannes S. Haataja, Bruno Frka-Petesic, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 13, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30226-6

Tuning the Circularly Polarized Reflection from Cholesteric Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Using Molecular Photoswitches

Author(s): Fathy Hassan, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Thomas G. Parton, Zhen Wang, Qingchen Shen, Ruiting Li, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Richard M. Parker, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 65, 2026, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202520839

Artificial Symbiosis for Bulk Production of Bacterial Cellulose Composites

Author(s): Kui Yu, Sing Teng Chua, Ran Zhao, Alyssa Smith, Michael Kühl, Alison G. Smith, Tom Ellis, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 38, 2026, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202514125

Bioinspired Photonic Materials from Cellulose: Fabrication, Optical Analysis, and Applications

Author(s): Richard M. Parker, Thomas G. Parton, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Mélanie M. Bay, Bruno Frka-Petesic, and Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Accounts of Material Research, Issue Volume 4, Issue 6, 2023, Page(s) Pages 467-559, ISSN 2643-6728
Publisher: ShanghaiTech University/American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/accountsmr.3c00019

Mechanochromic, Low‐Cost, and Structurally Colored Displays Using Biodegradable Hydroxypropyl Cellulose

Author(s): Charles H. Barty‐King, Maxime Burgonse, Silvia Vignolini, Jeremy Baumberg, Michael De Volder
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 37, 2025, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202418880

Electrohydrodynamic convection instabilities observed in suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals

Author(s): Bruno Frka-Petesic, Bruno Jean, Laurent Heux
Published in: Cellulose, Issue 30, 2023, Page(s) 8311-8323, ISSN 0969-0239
Publisher: Blackie Academic & Professional
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-023-05391-6

Living jewels: iterative evolution of iridescent blue leaves from helicoidal cell walls

Author(s): Clive R Lundquist, Paula J Rudall, Rahayu S Sukri, María Conejero, Alyssa Smith, Martin Lopez-Garcia, Silvia Vignolini, Faizah Metali, Heather M Whitney
Published in: Annals of Botany, Issue 134, 2024, Page(s) 131-150, ISSN 0305-7364
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcae045

Uncoupling growth and division in <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</i> colonies: consistent cell cycle regulation under confinement

Author(s): Sing Teng Chua, Jurij Kotar, Michael Kühl, Alison G Smith, Silvia Vignolini, Pietro Cicuta
Published in: ISME Communications, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN 2730-6151
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf104