Mechanical properties and the laminate structure of Arapaima gigas scales

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1145-1156

  Lin, Y S ^a,b   Wei, C T ^a   Olevsky, E A ^b   Meyers, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arapaimas; Collagen; Hydroxyapatite; Scale

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARAPAIMAS; CALCIUM DEFICIENT HYDROXYAPATITE; COLLAGEN FIBER; DEGREE OF HYDRATION; DEPROTEINIZATION; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL LAYERS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; HIGHER-DEGREE; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; INTERNAL LAYERS; LAMINATE STRUCTURES; MICRO INDENTATION; MINERAL COMPONENT; MINERALIZED LAYER; RAMBERG-OSGOOD; SCALE; STRAIN RATE DEPENDENCE;

APATITE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERAL;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPROTECTION REACTION; FISH; GILL; HYDRATION; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBOCYTE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FISHES; HARDNESS TESTS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79960560671     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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