On the mechanics of mother-of-pearl: a key feature in the material hierarchical structure

By F. Barthelat, H. Tang, Pablo D. Zavattieri, C. Li, Horacio Espinosa. 2007

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Paleontology

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Architectured materials in engineering and biology: fabrication, structure, mechanics and performance (2015, background): “dissipated through visco-plasticity at the interfaces between building blocks.(50,51) Theoretical models have suggested that the hierarchical structures of natural”
Designing nacre-like materials for simultaneous stiffness, strength and toughness: Optimum materials, composition, microstructure and size (2014, methodology): “More sophisticated numerical models captured the details of deformation and crack propagation mechanisms in two and three-dimensional structures (Dimas et al., 2013; Barthelat et al., 2007; Katti et al., 2001).”
An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl (2007, methodology): “Recent numerical models actually demonstrated that even in the absence of hardening at the interface material, the waviness of the tablets was able to explain the hardening rate observed experimentally [9].”
Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection (2018, neutral): “Subsequently, auxetic materials have now been developed or discovered in other nanocrystalline [88] and microporous [89]) polymer, ceramic [90], metallic [91] and composite [92] forms, and include natural systems [93].”
On the mechanics of fishscale structures (2010, background): “A wide array of advanced experiments and mechanistic models (Ballarini et al., 2005; Barthelat et al., 2007) are therefore being deployed in order to better understand these remarkable materials.”
Generation of 3D representative volume elements for heterogeneous materials: A review (2018, background): “22: dental enamel (fiber reinforced microstructure) can be approximated by regular positioned prismatic fibers [388]; nacre (brick-and-mortar structure) as polygonal tablets which are non-flat but slightly wavy as characterized by a laser profilometer [389].”