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

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 …

The limpet tooth is widely recognized as nature's strongest material, with reported strength
values up to 6.5 GPa. Recently, microscale auxeticity has been discovered in the leading …

A fractional approach based on the generalized Taylor's formula is proposed to describe the
dynamic responses in the meso-discontinuous medium (eg, oyster shell). The governing …

Many biological materials, such as nacre, bone and turtle shell cuticle, can successfully
achieve a tradeoff between strength and toughness, which is attributed to the stacked …

Dental enamels of different species exhibit a wide variety of microstructural patterns that are
attractive to mimic in bioinspired composites to simultaneously achieve high stiffness and …

The extraordinary quasi-static mechanical properties of nacre-like composite metamaterials,
such as high specific strength, stiffness, and toughness, are due to the periodic arrangement …

Nacre-inspired composites, composed of hard and soft phases, exhibit exceptional
combinations of stiffness, strength, and fracture toughness. However, the fracture behaviors …

Living organisms employ a key strategy to construct resilient load-bearing structures: the
strategic layering of anisotropic elements. Natural biomineralized tissues showcase a …

The brick-and-mortar structure, known for its excellent mechanical properties, holds
significant potential in biomimetic design. However, the effect of the interface on damage …