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 …

Nacre is well known for its high strength and toughness owing to its ingenious “brick-and-
mortar” microstructure. However, its impact resistance has not been studied as well as its …

Discoveries of two-dimensional (2D) materials, exemplified by the recent entry of MXene,
have ushered in a new era of multifunctional materials for applications from electronics to …

The microscale growth layers between nacre possess distinctive aragonite structures,
including columns, spherulites and organic matrices. High temporal resolution experiments …

The damage evolution of nacre under compressive loading has not been well understood,
despite numerous investigations on its compressive behavior. In the present work, quasi-in …

In this work, stress variations during flexure of early age basalt fiber reinforced concrete
beams were studied using high resolution temporal measurements. An experimental system …

While the surface asperities of mineral platelets are widely believed to play important roles
in stiffening, strengthening, and toughening nacre, their effects have not been thoroughly …

Carbon fiber-reinforced composites exhibit excellent mechanical properties for a variety of
applications. Using the spirally notched specimens, we demonstrate how unidirectional …

Interface plays a critical role in the mechanical performance of composites. Lack of a
suitable interface design has long been a bottleneck impeding the full exploitation of the …

In this work, we studied stress variations occurring during flexure of early-age steel fiber
reinforced concrete beams. By preparing beams with different fiber volume ratios, four-point …