Mechanical adaptability of the Bouligand-type structure in natural dermal armour

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zimmermann, Elizabeth A ^a   Gludovatz, Bernd ^a   Schaible, Eric ^a   Dave, Neil K N ^a   Yang, Wen ^b   Meyers, Marc A ^b   Ritchie, Robert O ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARTICLE; BOULIGAND TYPE STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COMPRESSION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; SKIN STRUCTURE; SYNCHROTRON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CHARACIFORMES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKIN; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; CHARACIFORMES;

COLLAGEN;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHARACIFORMES; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HARDNESS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SKIN; SYNCHROTRONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84899060438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3634     Document Type: Article

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