LEGO® Bricks As Building Blocks For
Centimeter-Scale Biological
Environments: The Case Of Plants
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K A R A R . L I N D † , T O M S I Z M U R † ‡ § , S A I D A B E N O M A R † ‡ , A N T HO N Y M I L L E R † , L U D O V I C O
CADEMARTIRI†‡﬩*
† Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
‡ Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
║Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
﬩ Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA,
50011
§ current address: Department of Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems, Rothamsted
Research, Harpenden, Heartfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected]
TABLE S1
Solution #
1
2
3
4
Salt
Additional
Dye
components
100 mg potassium
10 ml milliQ water
Green food coloring
phosphate
30 mg phytagel
30 µl
100 mg potassium
10 ml milliQ water
Yellow food coloring
nitrate
30 mg phytagel
30 µl
100 mg calcium chloride 10 ml milliQ water
Red food coloring
30 mg phytagel
30 µl
100 mg magnesium
10 ml milliQ water
Blue food coloring
sulfate
30 mg phytagel
20 µl
Table S1: Preparation of salt solutions for cylindrical dye experiment.