Damage resilient nacre-like composites

ETH researchers from the Group for Complex Materials led by André R. Studart successfully replicated the structure of biological nacre at three length scales.

This resulted in supremely stiff and strong composites, which are now extremely damage resilient as well.

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Grossman M, Pivovarov D, Bouville F, Dransfeld C, Masania K, Studart AR. Hierarchical toughening of nacre‐like composites. Advanced Functional Materials, 08 January 2019, doi: external page 10.1002/adfm.201806800

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