Interfacial mechanical behavior in nacre of red abalone and other shells: a review

F Du, S Alghamdi, J Yang, D Huston… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Interfaces between nacreous tablets are crucial to the outstanding mechanical properties of
nacre in natural shells. Excellent research has been conducted to probe the effect of …

The selection mechanism of mineral bridges at the interface of stacked biological materials for a strength-toughness tradeoff

Z Yu, Y Yan, Z Peng, Y Yao, S Chen - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The strength-toughness tradeoff in biological materials such as nacre and bone is
essentially due to their stacked microstructures formed by hard and soft phases. In some of …

Determining the role of microstructural topology on the mechanical performance of nacre-inspired composites using a phase-field model

S Das, AU Pillai, A Chemenghat… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bio-inspired composites are celebrated for their remarkable strength and fracture toughness,
often surpassing the properties of their constituent materials. A prime example of this …

A multi-scale mechanical model of multilevel helical structures with filament damage

Y Han, H Yong, Y Zhou - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Multilevel helical structures are widely used in biology and engineering fields. The multilevel
helical structure exhibits interesting and complex mechanical behaviors due to the …

Experimental and numerical investigation on crack propagation in biomimetic nacreous composites with gradient structures

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A micromechanical model for bioinspired nanocomposites with interphase

H **a, K Geng, H Pan, Z Wang, Z Zhang, B Wang - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The stagger-aligned structures including ''brick-and-mortar''are well-known as a generic
feature in biological tough and strong nanocomposites, leading to bioinspired high …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale mechanics of noncovalent interface in graphene oxide layered nanocomposites

ZZ He, YB Zhu, HA Wu - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Noncovalent interfaces play a vital role in inelastic deformation and toughening mechanisms
in layered nanocomposites due to their dynamical recoverability. When interfacial …

[HTML][HTML] Nacre-inspired auxetic interlocking brick-and-mortar composites

XL Peng, S Bargmann - Composites Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
We design auxetic 3D interlocking brick-and-mortar composites inspired by nacre-a natural
strong and resilient high-performance material. The influences of geometrical parameters …