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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |