Nanomechanics of biologically inspired helical silica nanostructures

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Mohedas, I ^a,b   Garcia, A P ^a   Buehler, M J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired; Biological material; Deformation; Diatoms; Elasticity; Materiomics; Mineralized structure; Molecular dynamics; Nanomechanics; Silica; Size effect; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; CELL WALLS; DIATOMS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; MATERIAL COMPONENTS; MATERIOMICS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO SCALE; NANOSTRUCTURAL; REACTIVE FORCE FIELD; SILICA NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICA STRUCTURES; SIZE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; UNICELLULAR ALGA; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NANOMECHANICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTUM THEORY; STRESSES;

SILICA;

EID: 80052859488     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: 20413092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740349911411234     Document Type: Article

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