Hierarchical silica nanostructures inspired by diatom algae yield superior deformability, toughness, and strength

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3889-3897

  Garcia, Andre P ^a   Sen, Dipanjan ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; COMPLEX ORGANS; CRACK ARREST; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLIES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL DESIGNS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESH STRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; NANOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSCALE LEVELS; POROUS SILICA; POROUS STRUCTURES; REACTIVE FORCE FIELD; SIGNALING NETWORKS; SILICA NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICA STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; SUBMICRON LENGTH; TENSILE DEFORMATION; THIN-WALLED; TOUGH MATERIALS; UNIVERSAL DESIGN;

ALGAE; BIOMECHANICS; BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROUS MATERIALS; SIGNALING; SILICA; TISSUE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 83055169605     PISSN: 10735623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-010-0477-y     Document Type: Article

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