Hard to be killed: Load-bearing capacity of the leech Hirudo nipponia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.001
Abstract: With the evolution for several millions of years, leeches have developed a perfect capability to resist mechanical loads, which provides many inspirations to engineer new materials and new devices. To uncover the mechanism of its… read more here.
Keywords: killed load; hirudo nipponia; hard killed; leech hirudo ... See more keywords