Uncovering aragonite nanoparticle self-assembly in nacre-A natural armor

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4306-4310

  Zhang, Gangsheng ^a,b   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMER MATRIX; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; INTERLOCKING NETWORKS; NANOPARTICLE SELF-ASSEMBLY; NEW DESIGN; SELF-ASSEMBLE; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; WITHOUT AGGLOMERATION;

ARMOR; DOMES; NANOPARTICLES; PLATELETS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

EID: 84865852924     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg3010344     Document Type: Article

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