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Failure of the limpet teeth structure was achieved by (a) embedded teeth in an epoxy resin and tensile testing to failure. Backscattered SEM images clearly indicated the nanofibrous structure. (b) Plot of the average length of the nanofibres during straining of the teeth embedded in epoxy resin, indicating failure of the nanofibre reinforcement that cause a fragmentation of the nanofibres to smaller lengths. (Online version in colour.)
