Crystalline–amorphous hybrid materials (CA-HMs) possess the merits of both pure
crystalline and amorphous phases. Abundant dangling bonds, unsaturated coordination …

Living organisms in nature have undergone continuous evolution over billions of years,
resulting in the formation of high-performance fracture-resistant biomineralized tissues such …

Tooth enamel, renowned for its high stiffness, hardness, and viscoelasticity, is an ideal
model for designing biomimetic materials, but accurate replication of complex hierarchical …

Atom probe tomography (APT) provides three-dimensional compositional map** with sub-
nanometre resolution. The sensitivity of APT is in the range of parts per million for all …

Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits
in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all …

It is known that the main-group metals and their related materials show poor catalytic activity
due to a broadened single resonance derived from the interaction of valence orbitals of …

Dental enamel is the hardest and most mineralized tissue in extinct and extant vertebrate
species and provides maximum durability that allows teeth to function as weapons and/or …

Biomineralization is the process by which organisms form mineralized tissues with
hierarchical structures and excellent properties, including the bones and teeth in …

Dental enamel is a principal component of teeth, and has evolved to bear large chewing
forces, resist mechanical fatigue and withstand wear over decades. Functional impairment …

The control of interfaces in engineered nanostructured materials has met limited success
compared with that which has evolved in natural materials, where hierarchical structures …