Spear and Shield: Survival War between Mantis Shrimps and Abalones. Issue 14 (27th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Xiaobo; Wang, Jiawen; Du, Jiexing; Cao, Moyuan; Liu, Kesong; Li, Qunyang; Feng, Xi‐Qiao; Jiang, Lei
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials interfaces. Volume 2:Issue 14(2015)
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• Publication Date: 2015-07-27
• Subjects: Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/admi.201500250
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2196-7350

Abstract

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