The cutting edge: Sharp biological materials

JOM

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Meyers, M A ^a,b   Lin, A Y M ^a   Lin, Y S ^a,b   Olevsky, E A ^b   Georgalis, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Modern Marvels   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; FISH; MAMMALS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; BIO-INSPIRED; CUTTING EDGES; EVOLUTION (CO); PIVOTAL ROLE; SHARP EDGES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 46949094617     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0027-x     Document Type: Review

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