Contact kinematics of biomimetic scales

Optimal Fractal-Like Hierarchical Honeycombs

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Modeling and additive manufacturing of bio-inspired composites with tunable fracture mechanical properties

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Tough Composites Inspired by Mineralized Natural Materials: Computation, 3D printing, and Testing

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

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A review of combined experimental and computational procedures for assessing biopolymer structure–process–property relationships

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Mechanics of composite elasmoid fish scale assemblies and their bioinspired analogues

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Iridescence: a functional perspective

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Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

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Natural stiffening increases flaw tolerance of biological fibers

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Structure and Mechanical Performance of a “Modern” Fish Scale

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Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

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

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Shells and heart: Are human laterality and chirality of snails controlled by the same maternal genes?

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Shapes of Krill Swarms and Fish Schools Emerge as Aggregation Members Avoid Predators and Access Oxygen

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

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The integumentary skeleton of tetrapods: origin, evolution, and development

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Origin and evolution of the integumentary skeleton in non-tetrapod vertebrates

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3D hierarchical computational model of wood as a cellular material with fibril reinforced, heterogeneous multiple layers

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Variation in elasmoid fish scale patterns is informative with regard to taxon and swimming mode

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Positional dependence of scale size and shape in butterfly wings: Wing-wide phenotypic coordination of color-pattern elements and background

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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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