Universal composition-structure-property maps for natural and biomimetic platelet-matrix composites and stacked heterostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sakhavand, Navid ^a   Shahsavari, Rouzbeh ^a,b,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COMPOSITE; DIAGRAM; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POLYMER; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

GEOMETRY; THROMBOCYTE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NACRE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CLAY; NACRE; POLYMER;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; NACRE; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84938929372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7523     Document Type: Article

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