An improved failure criterion for biological and engineered staggered composites

Optimal Length Scales Emerging from Shear Load Transfer in Natural Materials: Application to Carbon-Based Nanocomposite Design

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Discontinuous crack-bridging model for fracture toughness analysis of nacre

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Micromechanical models to guide the development of synthetic ‘brick and mortar’ composites

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A novel biomimetic material duplicating the structure and mechanics of natural nacre

(2011) Francois Barthelat et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Toughness amplification in natural composites

(2011) Francois Barthelat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Nature Communications

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

On optimal hierarchy of load-bearing biological materials

(2010) Z. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A characteristic length for stress transfer in the nanostructure of biological composites

(2009) B. Chen et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

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