Tunable interface hardening: Designing tough bio-inspired composites through 3D printing, testing, and computational validation

Fracture Toughness of Biological Composites With Multilevel Structural Hierarchy

(2020) Fan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

An analytical model for the bio-inspired nacreous composites with interlocked “brick-and-mortar” structures

(2020) Shaokang Cui et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bioinspired nacre-like alumina with a bulk-metallic glass-forming alloy as a compliant phase

(2019) Amy Wat et al.   Nature Communications

Bio-inspired bimaterial composites patterned using three-dimensional printing

(2019) Kwonhwan Ko et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Designing tough isotropic structural composite using computation, 3D printing and testing

(2019) Yongtae Kim et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Impact-resistant nacre-like transparent materials

(2019) Z. Yin et al.   SCIENCE

Interplay of various fracture mechanisms in bio-inspired staggered structure

(2019) Avtar Singh et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Manufacturing bioinspired flexible materials using ultrasound directed self-assembly and 3D printing

(2019) Paul Wadsworth et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Impact damage resistance of 3D printed continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites using fused deposition modelling

(2018) M.A. Caminero et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Rotational 3D printing of damage-tolerant composites with programmable mechanics

(2018) Jordan R. Raney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microcrack patterns control the mechanical strength in the biocomposites

(2018) Tsung-Hui Huang et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Biomimetic architected materials with improved dynamic performance

(2018) Zian Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Printing nature: Unraveling the role of nacre's mineral bridges

(2017) Grace X. Gu et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Distinct failure modes in bio-inspired 3D-printed staggered composites under non-aligned loadings

(2017) Viacheslav Slesarenko et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Computational Framework to Predict Failure and Performance of Bone-Inspired Materials

(2017) Flavia Libonati et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Computational Framework to Predict Failure and Performance of Bone-Inspired Materials

(2017) Flavia Libonati et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

3D Printing Macroscale Engineered Materials Using Ultrasound Directed Self-Assembly and Stereolithography

(2017) John Greenhall et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Nacre-mimic Reinforced Ag@reduced Graphene Oxide-Sodium Alginate Composite Film for Wound Healing

(2017) Xu Yan et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced Mechanical Performance of Bio-Inspired Hybrid Structures Utilising Topological Interlocking Geometry

(2016) Lee Djumas et al.   Scientific Reports

Defect-Tolerant Bioinspired Hierarchical Composites: Simulation and Experiment

(2015) Reza Mirzaeifar et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Defect-Tolerant Bioinspired Hierarchical Composites: Simulation and Experiment

(2015) Reza Mirzaeifar et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

A Hierarchical Lattice Spring Model to Simulate the Mechanics of 2-D Materials-Based Composites

(2015) Lucas Brely et al.   Frontiers in Materials

A novel Volume-Compensated Particle method for 2D elasticity and plasticity analysis

(2014) Hailong Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

3D printed, bio-inspired prototypes and analytical models for structured suture interfaces with geometrically-tuned deformation and failure behavior

(2014) Erica Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

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

(2014) Leon S. Dimas et al.   Soft Matter

Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

(2014) M. Mirkhalaf et al.   Nature Communications

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

Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review

(2012) Jiyu Sun et al.   RSC Advances

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

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa 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

Failure mode transition in nacre and bone-like materials

(2010) Reza Rabiei et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The mechanical behaviour of some molluscan hard tissues

(2009) J. D. Currey et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool

(2009) Alexander Stukowski   MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

The growth of nacre in the abalone shell

(2007) Albert Yu-Min Lin et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

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

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE