Structure and mechanics of interfaces in biological materials

F Barthelat, Z Yin, MJ Buehler - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Hard biological materials—for example, seashells, bone or wood—fulfil critical structural
functions and display unique and attractive combinations of stiffness, strength and …

Biological materials: functional adaptations and bioinspired designs

PY Chen, J McKittrick, MA Meyers - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Biological materials are typically multifunctional but many have evolved to optimize a chief
mechanical function. These functions include impact or fracture resistance, armor and …

[HTML][HTML] Inspiration from Nature's body armours–A review of biological and bioinspired composites

A Ghazlan, T Ngo, P Tan, YM **e, P Tran… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Designing and manufacturing multi-functional, lightweight and high-performance body
armour materials and assemblies have attracted intense attention recently due to fast …

Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review

J Sun, B Bhushan - Rsc Advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Nacre (known as mother of pearl) is the iridescent inner shell layer of some mollusks. Nacre
is composed of 95 wt% aragonite (a crystallographic form of CaCO3) and 5 wt% organic …

Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

M Mirkhalaf, AK Dastjerdi, F Barthelat - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Highly mineralized natural materials such as teeth or mollusk shells boast unusual
combinations of stiffness, strength and toughness currently unmatched by engineering …

Food waste eggshell valorization through development of new composites: A review

V Vandeginste - Sustainable materials and technologies, 2021 - Elsevier
The total amount of annual eggshell waste is similar as the amount of plastics waste input in
the oceans every year. Hence, the management of this eggshell waste is a major challenge …

Architectured materials in engineering and biology: fabrication, structure, mechanics and performance

F Barthelat - International Materials Reviews, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Ever-increasing requirements for structural performance drive the research and the
development of stronger, tougher and lighter materials. Specific microstructures …

Learning from nature: Bio-inspiration for damage-tolerant high-performance fibre-reinforced composites

J Plocher, L Mencattelli, F Narducci, S Pinho - Composites Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over millions of years Nature has attained highly optimized structural designs with
remarkable toughness, strength, damage resistance and damage tolerance-properties that …

Discontinuous crack-bridging model for fracture toughness analysis of nacre

Y Shao, HP Zhao, XQ Feng, H Gao - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Studying the structure–property relation of biological materials can not only provide insight
into the physical mechanisms underlying their superior properties and functions but also …

Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for the design of nacre-inspired composites: optimizing and understanding biomimetics through AI

K Park, C Song, J Park, S Ryu - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The hierarchical structures found in biological materials lead to an outstanding balance of
multiple material properties, and numerous research studies have been initiated to emulate …