Structural basis for the fracture toughness of the shell of the conch Strombus gigas

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6790, 2000, Pages 1036-1040

  Kamat, S ^a   Su, X ^a   Ballarini, R ^a   Heuer, A H ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SNAILS;

STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0034729803     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35016535     Document Type: Article

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