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It's a layered structure that's mineral and then polymer, and it makes it very, very tough.— Janine Benyus shares nature's designs
The glass screen is coated with a polymer, a plastic that human skin oil doesn't adhere to very well.— Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
The polymer is an organic (from organisms) compound, carbon-based.— Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
"The results from LEADERS are very significant as they demonstrate for the first time that a drug-eluting stent with an abluminal biodegradable polymer is as safe and effective at nine months as a conventional drug-eluting stent with a durable polymer, considered to be the most effective, under conditions which resemble those of routine clinical practice", commented LEADERS Principal Investigator Professor Stephan Windecker, University Hospital, Bern,— Presseportal
Bio-mimicry continues to provide interesting answers to perplexing problems of science and technology, and the use of chitosan as part of a self-healing polymer is another example.— PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories

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