Intrinsic hierarchical structural imperfections in a natural ceramic of bivalve shell with distinctly graded properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jiao, Da ^a   Liu, Zengqian ^a   Zhang, Zhenjun ^a   Zhang, Zhefeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; BIOMECHANICS; BIVALVE; CERAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIVALVIA; CERAMICS; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 84937867921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12418     Document Type: Article

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