Mechanical principles of biological nanocomposites

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-100

  Ji, Baohua ^a   Gao, Huajian ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimicking materials; flaw tolerance; hierarchical structure; nanostructure; strength; toughness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NANOCOMPOSITES; BIOMIMICKING; BIOMIMICKING MATERIALS; ELASTIC STABILITY; FLAW TOLERANCE; HARD PHASE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYBRID INTERFACE; INTERFACE PROPERTY; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES; NATURAL MATERIALS; PROTEIN MATRICES; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHIES; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICATE MINERALS; STIFFNESS; TOUGHNESS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77956987918     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104424     Document Type: Article

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