Extreme strength observed in limpet teeth

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 105, 2015, Pages

  Barber, Asa H ^a,d   Lu, Dun ^d   Pugno, Nicola M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanics; Mineralized tissue; Nanoscale

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MECHANICS; NANOFIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MINERALIZED TISSUE; NANO SCALE; NATURAL MATERIALS; SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STRENGTH;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMATERIAL; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; NANOFIBER; SILK; CHITIN; IRON DERIVATIVE; MINERAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMPET; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLE SIZE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ENGLAND; GASTROPOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARANEAE; PATELLIDAE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHITIN; ENGLAND; GASTROPODA; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 85005847982     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.1326     Document Type: Article

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