Sugary interfaces mitigate contact damage where stiff meets soft
oleh: Hee Young Yoo, Mihaela Iordachescu, Jun Huang, Elise Hennebert, Sangsik Kim, Sangchul Rho, Mathias Foo, Patrick Flammang, Hongbo Zeng, Daehee Hwang, J. Herbert Waite, Dong Soo Hwang
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01 |
Deskripsi
Robust attachment between living tissues and inert materials is challenging to achieve. Here, Hwang and co-workers look at the molecular level between tissue and embedded byssal threads of Atrina pectinata and how this affects tenacity, toughness, and robustness.