What they observed was a structure very similar to plywood. Each membrane, measuring about a quarter of a millimeter thick, is composed of tens of thousands of layers.

video: Multitudinous slices visually reveal the periodically helical structure of the prepared biomimetic twisted plywood structural material at larger scope. view more . Credit: ©Science China Press ...

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The plywood structure consists of three layers of plywood, 1.8cm, then 1.2cm then 1.8cm laminated together to form a miniature timber glulam structure.