Stiffness Enhancement in Nacre-Inspired Nanocomposites due to Nanoconfinement

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shao, Chen ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 84947807685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16452     Document Type: Article

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