Encapsulated salts in velvet worm slime drive its hardening

Slime expelled by velvet worms entraps prey insects within seconds in a hardened biopolymer network that matches the mechanical strength of industrial polymers. While the mechanic stimuli-responsive nature and building blocks of the polymerization are known, it is still unclear how the velvet worms’...

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Autores principales: Corrales-Ureña, Yendry Regina, Schwab, Fabienne, Ochoa-Martínez, Efraín, Benavides-Acevedo, Miguel, Vega-Baudrit, José, Pereira, Reinaldo, Rischka, Klaus, Noeske, Paul-Ludwig Michael, Gogos, Alexander, Vanhecke, Dimitri, Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara, Petri-Fink, Alke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36357497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23523-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36357497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23523-z

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