A novel biomimetic material duplicating the structure and mechanics of natural nacre

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1203-1215

  Barthelat, Francois ^a   Zhu, Deju ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Composite; Toughness

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FREE SURFACES; MODEL MATERIALS; MOLLUSK SHELL; NATURAL COMPOSITES; NATURAL MATERIALS; NEW MECHANISMS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; TENSILE LOADING;

BIOMIMETICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SILICATE MINERALS; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRESS;

GEMS;

EID: 79959387393     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.65     Document Type: Article

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