Multiscale deformations lead to high toughness and circularly polarized emission in helical nacre-like fibres

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Jia ^a   Feng, Wenchun ^b   Zhang, Huangxi ^a   Wang, Zhenlong ^a   Calcaterra, Heather A ^b   Yeom, Bongjun ^b   Hu, Ping An ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSHEET; NANOWIRE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MANUFACTURING; NANOPARTICLE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHAPE; SYNERGISM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; FIBER; LUMINESCENCE; NACRE; NANOANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLID STATE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84959378234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10701     Document Type: Article

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