A Natural 3D Interconnected Laminated Composite with Enhanced Damage Resistance

Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

(2014) Florian Bouville 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

Biological Design for Simultaneous Optical Transparency and Mechanical Robustness in the Shell ofPlacuna placenta

(2013) Ling Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanolaminates – Bioinspired and beyond

(2013) Daniel F. Schmidt   MATERIALS LETTERS

Towards High-Performance Bioinspired Composites

(2012) André R. Studart   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The weak interfaces within tough natural composites: Experiments on three types of nacre

(2012) Ahmad Khayer Dastjerdi et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms of Bone and Nacre

(2011) Rizhi Wang et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Mineral bridges in nacre

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

Design and material selection guidelines and strategies for transparent armor systems

(2011) M. Grujicic et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

The conflicts between strength and toughness

(2011) Robert O. Ritchie   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Nature Communications

Failure mode transition in nacre and bone-like materials

(2010) Reza Rabiei et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Biological Composites

(2010) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

(10.4), (01.8), (01.2), and (00.1) Twin Laws of Calcite (CaCO3): Equilibrium Geometry of the Twin Boundary Interfaces and Twinning Energy

(2010) Marco Bruno et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Biological materials: A materials science approach

(2010) Marc A. Meyers et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

On the Fracture Toughness of Advanced Materials

(2009) Maximilien E. Launey et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The mechanical behaviour of some molluscan hard tissues

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

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

Effects of Laminate Architecture on Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature

(2008) Ali Miserez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structure and mechanical properties of selected biological materials

(2008) P CHEN et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Organic-inorganic interfaces and spiral growth in nacre

(2008) N. Yao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Bioinspired Structural Materials

(2008) C. Ortiz et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE

Theoretical structure and surface energy of the reconstructed {01.2} form of calcite (CaCO3) crystal

(2008) Marco Bruno et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

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