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Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review
Abstract
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 materials (proteins and polysaccharides). It is well known that it exhibits high fracture toughness, much greater than that of monolithic aragonite, because of its ingenious structure. It also exhibits energy absorption properties. It has a complex hierarchical microarchitecture that spans multiple length scales from the nanoscale to the macroscale. It includes columnar architectures and sheet tiles, mineral bridges, polygonal nanograins, nanoasperities, plastic microbuckling, crack deflection, and interlocking bricks, which exhibit a remarkable combination of stiffness, low weight and strength. Nacre's special self-assembly characteristics have attracted interest from materials scientists for the development of laminated composite materials, molecular scale self-assembly and biomineralization. This paper reviews the characteristics of hierarchical structure and the mechanical properties of nacre that provide the desired properties, and the latest developments and biomimetic applications.
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- Sun, J., & Bhushan, B.
- Venue
- RSC Advances
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 7617
- ISSN
- 2046-2069 (ISSN-L)
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- W2093569157
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- 601
- References
- 84
- FWCI
- 6.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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