Biomimetic Structural Materials: Inspiration from Design and Assembly | Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Vol. 69:23-57 (Volume publication date April 2018) First published as a Review in Advance on December 13, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-040215-112621 Nicholas A. Yaraghi1 and David Kisailus1,2 1Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA; email: david@engr.ucr.edu 2Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA Nature assembles weak organic and inorganic constituents into sophisticated hierarchical structures, forming structural composites that demonstrate impressive combinations of strength and toughness. Two such composites are the nacre structure forming the inner layer of many mollusk shells, whose brick-and-mortar architecture has been the gold standard for biomimetic composites, and the cuticle forming the arthropod exoskeleton, whose helicoidal fiber-reinforced architecture has only recently attracted interest for structural biomimetics. In
Vol. 69:23-57 (Volume publication date April 2018) First published as a Review in Advance on December 13, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-040215-112621 Nicholas A. Yaraghi1 and David Kisailus1,2 1Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA; email: david@engr.ucr.edu 2Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA Nature assembles weak organic and inorganic constituents into sophisticated hierarchical structures, forming structural composites that demonstrate
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