Predation versus protection: Fish teeth and scales evaluated by nanoindentation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-112

  Chen, Po Yu ^a   Schirer, Jeffrey ^b   Simpson, Amanda ^b   Nay, Richard ^b   Lin, Yen Shan ^c,d   Yang, Wen ^e   Lopez, Maria I ^e   Li, Jianan ^f   Olevsky, Eugene A ^d   Meyers, Marc A ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bruker Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological; Biomaterial; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL; EXTERNAL LAYERS; GRADIENT STRUCTURE; INNER LAYER; INTERNAL LAYERS; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; MULTILAYERED COMPOSITES; NANO SCALE; NANO-INDENTATION MEASUREMENTS; REDUCED MODULUS; SIMILAR DESIGN;

BIOMATERIALS; HARDNESS; NANOINDENTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84862909007     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.332     Document Type: Article

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