Bioinspired hierarchical alumina-graphene oxide-poly(vinyl alcohol) artificial nacre with optimized strength and toughness

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9281-9286

  Wang, Jinrong ^a   Qiao, Jinliang ^b   Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SINOPEC BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

bioinspiration; graphene oxide; hierarchical structure; mechanical properties; nacre

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; BRICK; GEMS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORTAR; NANOSHEETS; PLATELETS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; TOUGHNESS;

BIO-INSPIRATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICRO AND NANOSTRUCTURES; NACRE; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GRAPHITE; NACRE; OXIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; NACRE; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; GRAPHITE; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; NACRE; OXIDES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84929017946     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02194     Document Type: Article

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