堅韌但具有彈性的玻璃骨架 (Glass skeletons are tough yet flexible)
玻璃海綿的玻璃骨架既堅固又具彈性,是因為蛋白質媒介形成的奈米二氧化矽球層,乃由更小的奈米二氧化矽珠組成的。
(The glass skeleton of the Venus’ flower basket is strong and flexible due to the protein-mediated formation of layers of nanoscale silica spheres made up of even smaller nanoscale silica beads.)