Pervasive nanoscale deformation twinning as a catalyst for efficient energy dissipation in a bioceramic armour

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 501-507

  Li, Ling ^a   Ortiz, Christine ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TWINNING;

DAMAGE LOCALIZATION; DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION; ENERGY DISSIPATING; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; NANO-SCALE DEFORMATION; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; TOTAL TRANSMISSION;

DEFORMATION;

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIVALVE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIVALVIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CERAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84899050364     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3920     Document Type: Article

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