“…The materials and cells were prepared as described in Supplementary Information SI Materials and Methods [ [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] , [40] ]. As shown hereafter, the cork's cell structure is prone to polarize in rod chains, as discussed previously.…”