Materials science: Skeleton of euplectella sp.: Structural hierarchy from the nanoscale to the macroscale

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5732, 2005, Pages 275-278

  Aizenberg, Joanna ^a   Weaver, James C ^b   Thanawala, Monica S ^a   Sundar, Vikram C ^a   Morse, Daniel E ^b   Fratzl, Peter ^c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

BIOSILICA; BUILDING BLOCKS; NANOMETERS; ORGANIC MATRIX;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; EUPLECTELLA; MECHANICAL STRESS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUPLECTELLA; HEXACTINELLIDA;

GLASS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PORIFERA; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 22044457920     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112255     Document Type: Article

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