Modeling and additive manufacturing of bio-inspired composites with tunable fracture mechanical properties

Tough Composites Inspired by Mineralized Natural Materials: Computation, 3D printing, and Testing

(2013) Leon S. Dimas et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tough and stiff composites with simple building blocks

(2013) Leon S. Dimas et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Influence of geometry on mechanical properties of bio-inspired silica-based hierarchical materials

(2012) Leon S Dimas et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Biomimetic layer-by-layer assembly of artificial nacre

(2012) Alexander Finnemore et al.   Nature Communications

Structural hierarchies define toughness and defect-tolerance despite simple and mechanically inferior brittle building blocks

(2011) Dipanjan Sen et al.   Scientific Reports

Nacre from mollusk shells: a model for high-performance structural materials

(2010) Francois Barthelat   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

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

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Self-assembly of DNA into nanoscale three-dimensional shapes

(2009) Shawn M. Douglas et al.   NATURE

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Deformation gradients for continuum mechanical analysis of atomistic simulations

(2008) Jonathan A. Zimmerman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES