DYNAMIC COMPOSITES. “Butterfly wings, like exoskeletons of most insects, represent a form of biological composite made of chitin fibers in a protein matrix. Similar to many other polysaccharide-based biopolymers, chitin is reported to be piezoelectric.”
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=physicsgruverman
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022