Cloning Nacre's 3D Interlocking Skeleton in Engineering Composites to Achieve Exceptional Mechanical Properties

Ternary Artificial Nacre Reinforced by Ultrathin Amorphous Alumina with Exceptional Mechanical Properties

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Mechanical properties of fire-retardant glass fiber-reinforced polymer materials with alumina tri-hydrate filler

(2015) Michaela R. Petersen et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

γ Irradiation effects on optical, thermal, and mechanical properties of polysulfone/MWCNT nanocomposites in argon atmosphere

(2015) Soumen Kumar Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Brittle intermetallic compound makes ultrastrong low-density steel with large ductility

(2015) Sang-Heon Kim et al.   NATURE

Macroscopic Free-Standing Hierarchical 3D Architectures Assembled from Silver Nanowires by Ice Templating

(2014) Huai-Ling Gao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

(2014) Florian Bouville et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Pervasive nanoscale deformation twinning as a catalyst for efficient energy dissipation in a bioceramic armour

(2014) Ling Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mechanics of Platelet-Reinforced Composites Assembled Using Mechanical and Magnetic Stimuli

(2013) Rafael Libanori et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Eco-friendly synthesis, characterization and properties of a sodium carboxymethyl cellulose/graphene oxide nanocomposite film

(2013) Mithilesh Yadav et al.   CELLULOSE

Mechanical properties of graphene platelet-reinforced alumina ceramic composites

(2013) Jian Liu et al.   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL

Mechanical properties of polymer-infiltrated-ceramic-network materials

(2013) Andrea Coldea et al.   DENTAL MATERIALS

A shape-memory scaffold for macroscale assembly of functional nanoscale building blocks

(2013) Huai-Ling Gao et al.   Materials Horizons

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

Layered nanocomposites inspired by the structure and mechanical properties of nacre

(2011) Jianfeng Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hierarchical reinforcement of polyurethane-based composites with inorganic micro- and nanoplatelets

(2011) Rafael Libanori et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

High strength retention and dimensional stability of silicone/alumina composite panel under fire

(2011) Yuanlu Xiong et al.   FIRE AND MATERIALS

Studying the effect of fiber size and fiber loading on the mechanical properties of hybridized kenaf/PALF-reinforced HDPE composite

(2011) I.S. Aji et al.   JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES

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

The morphology and mechanical properties of layer structured cellulose microfibril foams from ice-templating methods

(2011) Jihoon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Uncovering high-strain rate protection mechanism in nacre

(2011) Zaiwang Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

Supramolecular Control of Stiffness and Strength in Lightweight High-Performance Nacre-Mimetic Paper with Fire-Shielding Properties

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   NANO LETTERS

A novel biomimetic approach to the design of high-performance ceramic-metal composites

(2009) M. E. Launey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Metastable and unstable cellular solidification of colloidal suspensions

(2009) Sylvain Deville et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

The effect of carbon nanotubes microstructures on reinforcing properties of SWNTs/alumina composite

(2007) Tong Wei et al.   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN