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Functional aspects of the hydration of two natural materials – insect cuticle and pine-cone bract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Julian Vincent
Julian Vincent*
Affiliation:
j.f.v.vincent@bath.ac.uk, University of Bath, Mechanical Engineering, The University, Claverton Down, BATH, N/A, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Water is a somewhat neglected parameter in the mechanical properties of biological materials. In some instances it takes over a role of actuation, even in dead structures.

Keywords

adsorptionbiomimetic (chemical reaction)biological
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 898: Symposium L – Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials , 2005 , 0898-L07-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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