The influence of internal length scales on mechanical properties in natural nanocomposites: A comparative study on inner layers of seashells

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1694-1706

  Fleischli, Franziska D ^a   Dietiker, Marianne ^a   Borgia, Cesare ^a   Spolenak, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composite; Nacre; Nanoindentation; Thermogravimetric analysis; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ASPECT-RATIO; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; INNER LAYER; INTERNAL LENGTH SCALE; NACRE; NANO INDENTATION; NATURAL MATERIALS; NATURAL NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTIMAL VALUES; PROPERTY;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDNESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

HALIOTIS RUFESCENS; MERETRIX LUSORIA; PECTEN MAXIMUS; PTERIA PENGUIN; TROCHUS;

EID: 53649095189     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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