Biomimetic mechanically adaptive nanocom
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Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan; Jeffrey R. Capadona; Stuart J. Rowan; Christoph Weder
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The development of a new class of mechanically adaptive nanocomposites has been inspired by biological creatures such as sea cucumbers, which have the ability to reversibly change the stiffness of their dermis. Several recent studies have related this dynamic mechanical behaviour to the distinctive