Enhanced protective role in materials with gradient structural orientations: Lessons from Nature

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-40

  Liu, Zengqian ^a,b   Zhu, Yankun ^b   Jiao, Da ^b   Weng, Zhaoyong ^b   Zhang, Zhefeng ^b   Ritchie, Robert O ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Bioinspired design; Biological materials; Functionally graded materials; Gradient; Structural orientation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANISMS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

BIO-INSPIRED DESIGNS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DESIGN MOTIFS; GRADIENT; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LENGTH SCALE; LIVING ORGANISMS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; SITE-SPECIFIC; STRUCTURAL ORIENTATIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84992153650     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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