By: Frédérick P. Gosselin/Montreal Polytechnique |
Department: Science & Technology
| Tags:
spider silk, fibers, polymers, biopolymers, adhesion
At Montreal Polytechnique, researchers take advantage of a curious phenomenon known as the liquid rope coiling instability, which forms temporary loops from a string of dripping honey (top), to fabricate similar loops or coils in a micrometer-thin polymer thread (bottom).
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