Uncovering high-strain rate protection mechanism in nacre

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Huang, Zaiwang ^a   Li, Haoze ^a   Pan, Zhiliang ^b   Wei, Qiuming ^b   Chao, Yuh J ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

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EID: 84859762571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00148     Document Type: Article

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