Structure and Mechanical Performance of a “Modern” Fish Scale

Toughness amplification in natural composites

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On the mechanics of fishscale structures

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Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

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Calcification provides mechanical reinforcement to whale baleen  -keratin

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A Novel “Subset Splitting” Procedure for Digital Image Correlation on Discontinuous Displacement Fields

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Anisotropic design of a multilayered biological exoskeleton

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Supramolecular assembly of collagen fibrils into collagen fiber in fish scales of red seabream, Pagrus major

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Stress-Strain Experiments on Individual Collagen Fibrils

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Structure and composition of teleost scales from snakehead Channa argus (Cantor) (Perciformes: Channidae)

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Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

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Characterization of the nanocomposite laminate structure occurring in fish scales from Arapaima Gigas

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