Arrangement of cells in vegetable tissues
J C M Mombach; M A Z Vasconcellos; R M C de Almeida; J C M Mombach; Inst. de Fisica, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; M A Z Vasconcellos; Inst. de Fisica, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; R M C de Almeida; Inst. de Fisica, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Журнал:
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Дата:
1990-05-14
Аннотация:
The authors study the arrangement of cells in undifferentiated vegetable tissues of five different species. The distribution of the number of sides, the average area (a<sub>n</sub>), perimeter (p<sub>n</sub>) and side length (l<sub>n</sub>) of n-sided cells are determined as well as the correlation between the number of sides of a cell and of its neighbours. The results show that vegetable cellular nets obey Aboav-Weaire's law. They also discuss Lewis' law and a possible relation between (p<sub>n</sub>) and n. The analysis of these structures provides a different example of random cellular structures and helps to show general aspects of the ideal one.
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