Hierarchical flexural strength of enamel: Transition from brittle to damage-tolerant behaviour

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 1265-1274

  Bechtle, Sabine ^a   Özcoban, Hüseyin ^a   Lilleodden, Erica T ^b   Huber, Norbert ^b   Schreyer, Andreas ^b   Swain, Michael V ^c   Schneider, Gerold A ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Dental enamel; Hierarchical structures; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

DENTAL ENAMELS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONALITY; SELF-SIMILAR; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ENAMELS;

ARTICLE; COW; ENAMEL; FOCUSED ION BEAM; ION THERAPY; NONHUMAN; STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84863569397     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0498     Document Type: Article

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