What is it about?
How the tunic of Halocynthia roretzi responds to mechanical environments was investigated.
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Why is it important?
The tunic of Halocynthia roretzi, a biological tissue would respond to mechanical environments, and deofmrs itself by controlling its water content.
Perspectives
This article indicated that the modulation of water content would lead to the deformation, caused by responding to change in mechanical environments, in the tunic. Consideirng that the tunic contains cellulose and chitin sulfate-like polysaccharide, the tunic could be a ideal model in order to develop a novel material based on cellulose and sulfated chitin, which responds to mechanical environments.
Professor Yoko Kato
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This page is a summary of: Deformation Control and Mass Transfer in the Tunic of Halocynthia roretzi, Open Chemistry Journal, March 2018, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1874842201805010001.
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