Uncovering three-dimensional gradients in fibrillar orientation in an impact-resistant biological armour

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Y ^a   Paris, O ^b   Terrill, N J ^c   Gupta, H S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTACEA; MOLECULAR MODEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTACEA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84969941228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26249     Document Type: Article

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