The armored carapace of the boxfish

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Wen ^a,d   Naleway, Steven E ^a   Porter, Michael M ^a,e   Meyers, Marc A ^a,b,c   McKittrick, Joanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired; Boxfish; Carapace; Fracture mechanism; Scute

Indexed keywords

ARMORED VEHICLES; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BIOINSPIRED; BOXFISH; CARAPACE; COLLAGEN FIBRES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; HIGH COSTS; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; SCUTE; SURFACE PLATES; THICKNESS LAYERS;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN; MINERAL; PROTEIN;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BOXFISH; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FISH; HABITAT; HORN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; TAIL; TETRAODONTIFORMES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THICKNESS; X RAY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

LACTORIA CORNUTA; OSTRACIIDAE;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TETRAODONTIFORMES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84938201202     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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