Sea cucumber skin is the architectural basis for polymer nanocomposites that can adapt their mechanical properties in response to biomedically relevant chemical stimuli, in a similar fashion to the animals' self-defence mechanism.
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Bellamkonda, R. Marine inspiration. Nature Mater 7, 347–348 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2176
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