Preparation and characterization of biomimetic materials inspired by jumbo squid sucker ring teeth

• Main Author: Ding, Dawei
• Other Authors: Ali Miserez
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/66023
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dosidicus gigas (D. gigas, or Jumbo squid) sucker ring teeth (SRT) are newly discovered biological materials with intriguing combination of mechanical and physico-chemical properties. Notably, recent studies have shown that SRT are devoid of minerals, chitin and inter-chain covalent cross-links, and...