Fig. 1: BIMS mechanism and application process.
From: Bioadhesive interface for marine sensors on diverse soft fragile species
a Schematic illustration of surgical suturing sensors on the surface of a squid for monitoring individual animal behaviors. b Schematic illustration of rapid BIMS application on the surface of squid for group interactions monitoring. c Hydrogel adhesion mechanism for quick interfacial water absorption followed by physical and covalent crosslinks formation with functional groups on the surface of marine animals. d Time out of the water for the BIMS and average time out of the water for surgical suturing (suturing application time data provided by Mooney et al. 19). e Representative images of the BIMS application on a live squid. Values in (d) represent the mean and the range (n = 10 independent samples).
