Microstructural tissue-engineering in the rachis and barbs of bird feathers
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DOI: 10.1038/srep45162
Abstract: Feathers do not have to be especially strong but they do need to be stiff and at the same time resilient and to have a high work of fracture. Syncitial barbule fibres are the highest… read more here.
Keywords: rachis; barbule fibres; engineering rachis; syncitial barbule ... See more keywords