In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of reversible deformation in nacre organic matrix

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1466-1471

  Sumitomo, Taro ^a   Kakisawa, Hideki ^a   Owaki, Yusuke ^b   Kagawa, Yutaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; HYDRATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BIOCOMPOSITE; CRACK-BRIDGING TOUGHENING MECHANISM; NACRE ORGANIC MATRIX;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 44649197175     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0184     Document Type: Article

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