Preferred crystallographic texture of α-chitin as a microscopic and macroscopic design principle of the exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 882-895

  Raabe, D ^a   Al Sawalmih, A ^b   Yi, S B ^c   Fabritius, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

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

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biological material; Chitin; Composite; Plywood

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHELLFISH;

BUILDING PRINCIPLES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; GLOBAL DESIGN; MATERIAL FORMING; MATRIX; ORGANIC TISSUES; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; X-RAY POLE FIGURE MEASUREMENT; Α-CHITIN;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

ALPHA CHITIN; CHITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; HARDNESS; LOBSTER; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARTHROPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34548585539     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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