Lessons for new classes of inorganic/organic composites from the spicules and skeleton of the sea sponge euplectella aspergillum

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 844, Issue , 2005, Pages 79-86

  Mayer, G ^a   Trejo, R ^b   Lara Curzio, E ^b   Rodriguez, M ^a   Tran, K ^a   Song, H ^a   Ma, W H ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPLECTELLA ASPERGILLUM; HEXACTINELLIDA; ORGANIC COMPOSITES; SILICON BIOMINERALIZATION;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 20344378454     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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