Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Espinosa, Horacio D ^a   Juster, Allison L ^a   Latourte, Felix J ^a   Loh, Owen Y ^a   Gregoire, David ^a   Zavattieri, Pablo D ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LUSTRIN A; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ABALONE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; GASTROPOD; HISTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HALIOTIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GASTROPODA; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79551576496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1172     Document Type: Article

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