Biological Composites

Analysis of fracture and deformation modes in teeth subjected to occlusal loading

(2009) Brian R. Lawn et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Nacre in Mollusk Shells as a Multilayered Structure with Strain Gradient

(2009) Boaz Pokroy et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microstructural and Biochemical Characterization of the Nanoporous Sucker Rings fromDosidicus gigas

(2009) Ali Miserez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Electrochemically Tunable Block Copolymer Full Color Pixels

(2009) Joseph J. Walish et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

On the Stability of Amorphous Minerals in Lobster Cuticle

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

Influence of Structural Principles on the Mechanics of a Biological Fiber-Based Composite Material with Hierarchical Organization: The Exoskeleton of the LobsterHomarus americanus

(2009) Helge-Otto Fabritius et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biological and Biomimetic Materials

(2009) Joanna Aizenberg et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Inhomogeneous fibril stretching in antler starts after macroscopic yielding: Indication for a nanoscale toughening mechanism

(2009) Stefanie Krauss et al.   BONE

Compositional Determinants of Mechanical Properties of Enamel

(2009) M. Baldassarri et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

Enamel—A functionally graded natural coating

(2009) Li-Hong He et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Sacrificial Ionic Bonds Need To Be Randomly Distributed To Provide Shear Deformability

(2009) Markus A. Hartmann et al.   NANO LETTERS

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

The grinding tip of the sea urchin tooth exhibits exquisite control over calcite crystal orientation and Mg distribution

(2009) Y. Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tough Lessons From Bone: Extreme Mechanical Anisotropy at the Mesoscale

(2008) Jong Seto et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

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

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

(2008) Ali Miserez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Sea Urchin Tooth Design: An “All-Calcite” Polycrystalline Reinforced Fiber Composite for Grinding Rocks

(2008) Yurong Ma et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

How Nature Modulates a Fiber's Mechanical Properties: Mechanically Distinct Fibers Drawn from Natural Mesogenic Block Copolymer Variants

(2008) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design Strategy of Minipig Molars Using Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry: Comparison of Deformation under Load between the Tooth-Mandible Complex and the Isolated Tooth

(2008) Netta Lev-Tov Chattah et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical Function of a Complex Three-Dimensional Suture Joining the Bony Elements in the Shell of the Red-Eared Slider Turtle

(2008) Stefanie Krauss et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

pH-Dependent Locking of Giant Mesogens in Fibers Drawn from Mussel Byssal Collagens

(2008) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Probing the role of water in lamellar bone by dehydration in the environmental scanning electron microscope

(2008) F. Sermin Utku et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Forming nacreous layer of the shells of the bivalves Atrina rigida and Pinctada margaritifera: An environmental- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy study

(2008) Fabio Nudelman et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structures in the cell wall that enable hygroscopic movement of wheat awns

(2008) Rivka Elbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Dual gratings interspersed on a single butterfly scale

(2008) A. L Ingram et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Organic-inorganic interfaces and spiral growth in nacre

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

Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in cephalopods

(2008) L. M Mathger et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

When the cracks begin to show

(2008) Peter Fratzl   NATURE MATERIALS

The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks

(2008) K. J. Koester et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stress generation in the tension wood of poplar is based on the lateral swelling power of the G-layer

(2008) Luna Goswami et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

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

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

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

Gyroid cuticular structures in butterfly wing scales: biological photonic crystals

(2007) K Michielsen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

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