A novel method for a multi-level hierarchical composite with brick-and-mortar structure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brandt, Kristina ^a   Wolff, Michael F H ^a   Salikov, Vitalij ^a   Heinrich, Stefan ^a   Schneider, Gerold A ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NACRE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NACRE; SYNTHESIS; ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NACRE;

EID: 84881331961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02322     Document Type: Article

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