Self-Assembled, Iridescent, Crustacean-Mimetic Nanocomposites with Tailored Periodicity and Layered Cuticular Structure

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 10637-10646

  Wang, Baochun ^a   Walther, Andreas ^a  

^a DWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR INTERACTIVE MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomimetic materials; cellulose nanocrystals; crack propagation; liquid crystals; nanocellulose; photonic materials

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ENERGY GAP; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO-CELLULOSE; PHOTONIC MATERIALS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CONCENTRATION; CRACKS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REINFORCEMENT; STEROLS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERIODICITY; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CRUSTACEA; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PERIODICITY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84948443290     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05074     Document Type: Article

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