A review of nacre-inspired materials: Chemistry, strengthening-deformation mechanism, synthesis, and applications

D Madhav, B Buffel, P Moldenaers… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …

Advancing the mechanical performance of glasses: perspectives and challenges

L Wondraczek, E Bouchbinder, A Ehrlicher… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glasses are materials that lack a crystalline microstructure and long‐range atomic order.
Instead, they feature heterogeneity and disorder on superstructural scales, which have …

Centrifugation and index matching yield a strong and transparent bioinspired nacreous composite

A Amini, A Khavari, F Barthelat, AJ Ehrlicher - Science, 2021 - science.org
Glasses have numerous applications because of their exceptional transparency and
stiffness; however, poor fracture, impact resistance, and mechanical reliability limit the range …

Advanced composites inspired by biological structures and functions in nature: architecture design, strengthening mechanisms, and mechanical‐functional responses

H Dai, W Dai, Z Hu, W Zhang, G Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The natural design and coupling of biological structures are the root of realizing the high
strength, toughness, and unique functional properties of biomaterials. Advanced architecture …

Conch‐shell‐inspired tough ceramic

M Li, N Zhao, M Wang, X Dai… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological structural materials realize outstanding mechanical properties by assembling
hard and soft components into complex hierarchical structures, which provide abundant …

Aligned porous and anisotropic nanocomposite hydrogel with high mechanical strength and superior puncture resistance by reactive freeze-casting

Y Huang, X Zhang, T Zhu, Y Wang, N Hu… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The construction of ultra-stretchable ionic conductive hydrogels with high mechanical
strength and puncture resistance is urgently demanded while challenging because of the …

Nacre-like composites with superior specific damping performance

W Woigk, E Poloni, M Grossman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Biological materials such as nacre have evolved microstructural design principles that result
in outstanding mechanical properties. While nacre's design concepts have led to bio …

Revisiting the origins of the fracture energy of tough double-network hydrogels with quantitative mechanochemical characterization of the damage zone

T Matsuda, R Kawakami, T Nakajima, Y Hane… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The high fracture energy of tough soft materials can be attributed to the large energy
dissipation zone around the crack tip. Hence, quantitative characterization of energy …

Ultrathin, biomimetic multifunctional leaf-like silver nanowires/Ti3C2Tx MXene/cellulose nanofibrils nanocomposite film for high-performance electromagnetic …

Q Liu, Y Zhang, Y Liu, Z Liu, B Zhang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, we reported an ultrathin, flexible and super conductive silver nanowires (Ag NWs)
doped Ti 3 C 2 Tx/Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) films by constructing biomimetic leaf-vein …

Multifunctional nacre-like materials

Z Ding, T Klein, C Barner-Kowollik, M Mirkhalaf - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nacre, the iridescent inner layer of seashells, displays an exceptional combination of
strength and toughness due to its 'brick-wall'architecture. Significant research has been …