Role of crystal arrangement on the mechanical performance of enamel

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3784-3793

  An, Bingbing ^a,b   Wang, Raorao ^c   Zhang, Dongsheng ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI KEY LABORATORY OF MECHANICS IN ENERGY ENGINEERING   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enamel; HAP crystal; Hierarchy; Mechanical behavior; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ENAMELS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOINDENTATION; PRISMS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN HARDENING;

CRACK RESISTANCE; CRYSTALLITE ORIENTATION; HIERARCHY; HYDROXYAPATITE CRYSTALLITES; HYDROXYAPATITE CRYSTALS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; NON-UNIFORM; PENETRATION RESISTANCES;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENAMEL; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865475483     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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