Nanotwin-governed toughening mechanism in hierarchically structured biological materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shin, Yoon Ah ^a   Yin, Sheng ^b   Li, Xiaoyan ^b,c   Lee, Subin ^a   Moon, Sungmin ^a   Jeong, Jiwon ^a,d   Kwon, Minhyug ^a   Yoo, Seung Jo ^e   Kim, Young Min ^d   Zhang, Teng ^b   Gao, Huajian ^b   Oh, Sang Ho ^a,d  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOSHELL; NANOMATERIAL;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MAGNITUDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE AREA; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; GASTROPOD;

CLEOME HASSLERIANA; STROMBUS GIGAS;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GASTROPODA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84958581346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10772     Document Type: Article

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