Hierarchical structural design for fracture resistance in the shell of the pteropod Clio pyramidata

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 6216-

  Li, Ling ^a   Weaver, James C ^b   Ortiz, Christine ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARAGONITE; COMPRESSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DESIGN METHOD; GASTROPOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHELL; TORTUOSITY;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; CLIO PYRAMIDATA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLLUSC; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROPOD; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CLIO PYRAMIDATA; PTEROPODA;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GASTROPODA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84923674187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7216     Document Type: Article

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