Water-assisted self-healing and property recovery in a natural dermal armor of pangolin scales

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-22

  Liu, Z Q ^a   Jiao, D ^a   Weng, Z Y ^a   Zhang, Z F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Dynamic mechanical properties; Hydration; Self healing; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; DYNAMICS; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIO-INSPIRED DESIGNS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; SELF-HEALING; SELF-HEALING PROCESS; SELF-HEALING STRATEGIES; THREE POINT BENDING; VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIORS;

SELF-HEALING MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DYNAMICS; HEALING; HYDRATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PANGOLIN; PANGOLIN SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BIOMIMETICS; MAMMAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; SKIN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; MAMMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER;

EID: 84948753384     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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