Giant panda׳s tooth enamel: Structure, mechanical behavior and toughening mechanisms under indentation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-138

  Weng, Z Y ^a   Liu, Z Q ^a,b   Ritchie, R O ^b   Jiao, D ^a   Li, D S ^c   Wu, H L ^c   Deng, L H ^c   Zhang, Z F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c China Conservation Research Centre for the Giant Panda   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Giant panda; Hierarchical structure; Indentation; Tooth enamel; Toughening mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BAMBOO; CRACKS; ENAMELS; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; TOUGHNESS;

GIANT PANDA; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INDENTATION SURFACES; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; LOADING ORIENTATION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

AILUROPODA; ARTICLE; BAMBOO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENAMEL; HARDNESS; LIGAMENT; MASTICATION; MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOOTH INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BEAR; MECHANICAL STRESS; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; HARDNESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH; URSIDAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84982732919     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.07.029     Document Type: Article

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