Towards in situ determination of 3D strain and reorientation in the interpenetrating nanofibre networks of cuticle

Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

(2017) Zengqian Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Single-shot full strain tensor determination with microbeam X-ray Laue diffraction and a two-dimensional energy-dispersive detector

(2017) A. Abboud et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Improved Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Performance of Highly Crystalline Hydrogenated TiO2 Nanofibers with Core-Shell Structure

(2017) Ming-Chung Wu et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired Nanocomposites: Ordered 2D Materials Within a 3D Lattice

(2016) Matteo Di Giosia et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photon Energy Becomes the Third Dimension in Crystallographic Texture Analysis

(2016) Tilman A. Grünewald et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multiscale alterations in bone matrix quality increased fragility in steroid induced osteoporosis

(2016) A. Karunaratne et al.   BONE

Nanoscale investigations on β-phase orientation, piezoelectric response, and polarization direction of electrospun PVDF nanofibers

(2016) Xia Liu et al.   RSC Advances

FIT2D: a multi-purpose data reduction, analysis and visualization program

(2016) A. P. Hammersley   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Uncovering three-dimensional gradients in fibrillar orientation in an impact-resistant biological armour

(2016) Y. Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural Design Elements in Biological Materials: Application to Bioinspiration

(2015) Steven E. Naleway et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A computational model for large deformations of composites with a 2D soft matrix and 1D anticracks

(2015) Ettore Barbieri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Micro- and nano-structural details of a spider's filter for substrate vibrations: relevance for low-frequency signal transmission

(2015) M. Erko et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Exploring the Important Role of Nanocrystals Orientation in TiO2 Superstructure on Photocatalytic Performances

(2015) Feifei Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Nanostructure surveys of macroscopic specimens by small-angle scattering tensor tomography

(2015) Marianne Liebi et al.   NATURE

Strain in a silicon-on-insulator nanostructure revealed by 3D x-ray Bragg ptychography

(2015) V. Chamard et al.   Scientific Reports

Fabrication of wheat grain textured TiO2/CuO composite nanofibers for enhanced solar H2 generation and degradation performance

(2015) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Nano Energy

Bio-inspired impact-resistant composites

(2014) L.K. Grunenfelder et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Hierarchical Structure and Crystal Orientation in Poly(ethylene oxide)/Clay Nanocomposite Films

(2014) Che-Yi Chu et al.   LANGMUIR

Long-range orientation and atomic attachment of nanocrystals in 2D honeycomb superlattices

(2014) M. P. Boneschanscher et al.   SCIENCE

Textured fluorapatite bonded to calcium sulphate strengthen stomatopod raptorial appendages

(2014) Shahrouz Amini et al.   Nature Communications

Sub-micrometre depth-gradient measurements of phase, strain and texture in polycrystalline thin films: a nano-pencil beam diffraction approach

(2014) Nicolas Vaxelaire et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Strain-Induced Ultrahard and Ultrastable Nanolaminated Structure in Nickel

(2013) X. C. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Coherent diffraction imaging of nanoscale strain evolution in a single crystal under high pressure

(2013) Wenge Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical adaptability of the Bouligand-type structure in natural dermal armour

(2013) Elizabeth A. Zimmermann et al.   Nature Communications

Natural Flexible Dermal Armor

(2012) Wen Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

X-ray nanodiffraction reveals strain and microstructure evolution in nanocrystalline thin films

(2012) J. Keckes et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Mayavi: 3D Visualization of Scientific Data

(2011) Prabhu Ramachandran et al.   COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Significant deterioration in nanomechanical quality occurs through incomplete extrafibrillar mineralization in rachitic bone: Evidence from in-situ synchrotron X-ray scattering and backscattered electron imaging

(2011) Angelo Karunaratne et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

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

Age-related changes in the plasticity and toughness of human cortical bone at multiple length scales

(2011) E. A. Zimmermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elastic modulus in the crystalline region and the thermal expansion coefficients of α-chitin determined using synchrotron radiated X-ray diffraction

(2010) Yu Ogawa et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Ritualized fighting and biological armor: the impact mechanics of the mantis shrimp's telson

(2010) J. R. A. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Robustness and optimal use of design principles of arthropod exoskeletons studied by ab initio-based multiscale simulations

(2010) S. Nikolov et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

On the Stability of Amorphous Minerals in Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Revealing the Design Principles of High-Performance Biological Composites Using Ab initio and Multiscale Simulations: The Example of Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Svetoslav Nikolov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Digital image correlation shows localized deformation bands in inelastic loading of fibrolamellar bone

(2009) Gunthard Benecke et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster

(2008) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Cuticle differentiation in the embryo of the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis

(2008) Johanna Havemann et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH