Toughening mechanisms in bioinspired multilayered materials

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 102, 2015, Pages

  Askarinejad, Sina ^a   Rahbar, Nima ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abalone nacre; Bioinspired materials; Biological composites; Multilayered; Toughening mechanism

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; DEFORMATION; GEMS; MECHANISMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLATELETS; SHELLFISH; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ABALONE NACRE; BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITES; MULTI-LAYERED; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL; NACRE;

ABALONE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; HUMAN; NACRE; RIGIDITY; THROMBOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HALIOTIDAE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NACRE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84915748178     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0855     Document Type: Article

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