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    • Investigations into the mechanical properties of insect cuticle 

      Parle, Eoin E. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2016)
      Insect cuticle is a composite material comprised of chitin fibres embedded in a protein matrix. It performs a wide variety of functions across class Insecta, and as such displays a wide bandwidth of material properties. ...