The mystery of the whelk egg capsule protein : electrospinning, mechanical testing, and being outsmarted by an invertebrate
Whelks are carnivorous marine snails known for their elaborate and durable egg capsules. The mechanically complex capsules have been previously studied, and shown to have mechanical behaviour similar to keratin. The mature protein has an initial stiff linear elastic region at low strain, followed...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27648 |