Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

By L. Bonderer, André R. Studart, Ludwig Gauckler. Science, 2008

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Micromechanical models to guide the development of synthetic 'brick and mortar' composites (2012, background): “Synthetic brick and mortar materials use glassy polymers or ductile metals as mortar (Munch et al., 2008; Kakisawa et al., 2010; Launey et al., 2010; Bonderer et al., 2008, 2010a); both are well-represented by an elastic–perfectly plastic solid.”
Designing nacre-like materials for simultaneous stiffness, strength and toughness: Optimum materials, composition, microstructure and size (2014, background): “For example it is recognized that increasing the aspect ratio of the inclusions can lead to higher performance, with limitations dictated by the strength of the inclusions themselves (Jackson et al., 1988; Gao, 2006; Bonderer et al., 2008; Barthelat et al., 2013).”
Mechanical properties of unidirectional nanocomposites with non-uniformly or randomly staggered platelet distribution (2010, background): “Moreover, non-uniform or even random platelet alignment can occur in biomimetic materials with ‘‘mortar–brick’’ micro-/nanostructure (Bonderer et al., 2008; Tang et al., 2003). One question then arises, why does nature choose regular and stairwise staggering? A possible answer is that these structur”