Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mirkhalaf, M ^a   Dastjerdi, A Khayer ^a   Barthelat, F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLYURETHAN;

CERAMICS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLASS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BRITTLENESS; LASER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 84893294782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4166     Document Type: Article

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