Hierarchical super-structure identified by polarized light microscopy, electron microscopy and nanoindentation: Implications for the limits of biological control over the growth mode of abalone sea shells

Mollusk Shell Nacre Ultrastructure Correlates with Environmental Temperature and Pressure

(2012) Ian C. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Interdigitating biocalcite dendrites form a 3-D jigsaw structure in brachiopod shells

(2011) Andreas J. Goetz et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Mineral bridges in nacre

(2011) Antonio G. Checa et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Measurement of c-axis angular orientation in calcite (CaCO3) nanocrystals using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

(2011) P. U. P. A. Gilbert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2010) Francois Barthelat   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Non-invasive LC-PolScope imaging of biominerals and cell wall anisotropy changes

(2010) Magdalena Eder et al.   PROTOPLASMA

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

The influence of internal length scales on mechanical properties in natural nanocomposites: A comparative study on inner layers of seashells

(2008) Franziska D. Fleischli et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

(2008) Fiona C. Meldrum et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Polarized light field microscopy: an analytical method using a microlens array to simultaneously capture both conoscopic and orthoscopic views of birefringent objects

(2008) R. OLDENBOURG   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Forming nacreous layer of the shells of the bivalves Atrina rigida and Pinctada margaritifera: An environmental- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy study

(2008) Fabio Nudelman et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Gradual Ordering in Red Abalone Nacre

(2008) P. U. P. A. Gilbert et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanical strength of abalone nacre: Role of the soft organic layer

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials