Material properties of brachiopod shell ultrastructure by nanoindentation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Pérez Huerta, Alberto ^a   Cusack, Maggie ^a   Zhu, Wenzhong ^b   England, Jennifer ^a   Hughes, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomineral; Brachiopod; Ecology; Nanoindentation; Shell ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPODA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDNESS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 33846883297     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0150     Document Type: Article

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