A high-strength and high-toughness nacreous structure in a deep-sea Nautilus shell: Critical role of platelet geometry and organic matrix

Thickness-dependent mechanical properties of nacre in Cristaria plicata shell: Critical role of interfaces

(2020) S.M. Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ice-templated porous tungsten and tungsten carbide inspired by natural wood

(2020) Yuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tough and Strong: Cross-Lamella Design Imparts Multifunctionality to Biomimetic Nacre

(2020) Hemant Kumar Raut et al.   ACS Nano

Natural arrangement of fiber-like aragonites and its impact on mechanical behavior of mollusk shells: A review

(2020) H.M. Ji et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Adaptive structural reorientation: Developing extraordinary mechanical properties by constrained flexibility in natural materials

(2019) Zengqian Liu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Nanoscale deformation mechanics reveal resilience in nacre of Pinna nobilis shell

(2019) Jiseok Gim et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired multifunctional biomaterials with hierarchical microstructure for wound dressing

(2019) Jianmin Xue et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Kinking and cracking behavior in nacre under stepwise compressive loading

(2019) H.M. Ji et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Quantifying the role of mineral bridges on the fracture resistance of nacre-like composites

(2018) Madeleine Grossman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A self-assembled smart architecture against drilling predation in a Pinctada maxima shell: protective mechanisms

(2017) H. M. Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Mechanical properties of crossed-lamellar structures in biological shells: A review

(2017) X.W. Li et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Vertically oriented structure and its fracture behavior of the Indonesia white-pearl oyster

(2017) Guowei Chen et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Bio-Inspired nacre-like nanolignocellulose-poly (vinyl alcohol)-TiO2 composite with superior mechanical and photocatalytic properties

(2017) Yipeng Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Catastrophic failure of nacre under pure shear stresses of torsion

(2017) Saleh Alghamdi et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptome analysis of the freshwater pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata) mantle unravels genes involved in the formation of shell and pearl

(2016) Xuefeng Wang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Synthetic nacre by predesigned matrix-directed mineralization

(2016) L.-B. Mao et al.   SCIENCE

A revisited phylogeography ofNautilus pompilius

(2016) Lauren E. Vandepas et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Structure and mechanics of interfaces in biological materials

(2016) Francois Barthelat et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

The genetic structure ofNautilus pompiliuspopulations surrounding Australia and the Philippines

(2015) Rachel C. Williams et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Toughening mechanisms in bioinspired multilayered materials

(2014) S. Askarinejad et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

(2014) Florian Bouville et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Temperature and Food Influence Shell Growth and Mantle Gene Expression of Shell Matrix Proteins in the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera

(2014) Caroline Joubert et al.   PLoS One

Organic interlamellar layers, mesolayers and mineral nanobridges: Contribution to strength in abalone (Haliotis rufescence) nacre

(2013) Maria I. Lopez et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Cracks fail to intensify stress in nacreous composites

(2013) Haimin Yao et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

Mollusk Shell Nacre Ultrastructure Correlates with Environmental Temperature and Pressure

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

The toughening mechanism of nacre and structural materials inspired by nacre

(2012) Hideki Kakisawa et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Calcein staining of calcified structures in pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera and the effect of food resource level on shell growth

(2011) Clémentine Linard et al.   AQUACULTURE

Analytical solutions of the displacement and stress fields of the nanocomposite structure of biological materials

(2011) Gang Liu et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mineral bridges in nacre

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

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

Failure mode transition in nacre and bone-like materials

(2010) Reza Rabiei et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

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

(2010) Francois Barthelat   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Interfacial shear strength in abalone nacre

(2009) Albert Yu-Min Lin et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

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

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