Pangolin armor: Overlapping, structure, and mechanical properties of the keratinous scales

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-74

  Wang, Bin ^a   Yang, Wen ^a,b   Sherman, Vincent R ^a   Meyers, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crossed lamellae crossed fibers; Interlocking interface; Pangolin scale; Strain rate sensitivity; Suture like cell membrane complex; Transverse isotropic

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CROSSED LAMELLA & CROSSED FIBER; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INTERLOCKING INTERFACE; INTERLOCKINGS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESOLEVEL; PANGOLIN SCALE; STRAIN-RATE SENSITIVITY; SUTURE-LIKE CELL MEMBRANE COMPLEX; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPIC;

MAMMALS;

KERATIN; POLYMER;

AFRICAN; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHINESE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CUTICLE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HABITAT; HYDRATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MANIS PENTADACTYLA; MANIS TRICUSPIS; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PANGOLIN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATUM CORNEUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTALS; HARDNESS; KERATINS; MAMMALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84976477006     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.05.028     Document Type: Article

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