An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl

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Biological materials: Functional adaptations and bioinspired designs (2012, background): “Barthelat and Zhu [365] proposed a synthetic material using the ‘wedge’ mechanism of toughening indentified in their earlier studies [363,364].”
Effective toughness of heterogeneous media (2014, background): “Various researchers have studied the underlying mechanisms and also sought to mimic the microstructure in bio-inspired designs (e.g. Barthelat and Espinosa, 2007; Currey and Taylor, 1974; Evans et al., 2001; Menig et al., 2000; Nukala and Simunovic, 2005; Begley et al., 2012).”
Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone - Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials (2009, methodology): “Full strain field measurement revealed local strain values well in excess of 2% [60].”
On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone (2010, background): “several biological materials, including bone (80, 81, 91, 123), dentin (124), and nacre (125).”
The conflicts between strength and toughness. (2011, background): “This sliding between the mineral platelets must be limited to ∼1 μm though, or the material would lose its strength; nature achieves this by roughening the surface of the mineral platelets to provide frictional stop”
Mineralized structures in nature: Examples and inspirations for the design of new composite materials and biomaterials (2010, background): “5 kJ/m(2), this is about 1,000 times the toughness of aragonite) [29].”