Protective role of Arapaima gigas fish scales: Structure and mechanical behavior

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3599-3614

  Yang, Wen ^a   Sherman, Vincent R ^a   Gludovatz, Bernd ^b   Mackey, Mason ^a   Zimmermann, Elizabeth A ^b   Chang, Edwin H ^b   Schaible, Eric ^b   Qin, Zhao ^c   Buehler, Markus J ^c   Ritchie, Robert O ^b,d   Meyers, Marc A ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arapaima; Armor; Collagen; Delamination; Fish scales

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DELAMINATION; FISH; FRACTURE; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ROTATION; X RAY SCATTERING;

ARAPAIMA; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; FISH SCALE; FRESHWATER FISHES; LAMINATE COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; SCALE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE BEHAVIOR; TWO-LAYER;

ARMOR;

AMIDE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; HYDROXYAPATITE; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANISOTROPY; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DELAMINATION; ENERGY; FISH SCALE; FRESHWATER FISH; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICS; MINERALIZED SURFACE LAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCALE PENETRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; STRETCHING; STRIPED BASS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TOOTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FISH; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; FISHES; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84903704253     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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