Nanoscale Morphology and Indentation of Individual Nacre Tablets from the Gastropod Mollusc Trochus Niloticus

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Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone - Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials (2009, methodology): “These nanoscale features were observed using scanning probe microscopy [10,55], scanning electron microscopy [13,17] and transmission electron microscopy [10,13,46].”
Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review (2012, background): “49 Images of the indents revealed extensive plastic deformation with a clear residual indent and surrounding pile-up.”
Mechanical properties of nacre constituents and their impact on mechanical performance (2006, background): “In a simultaneous study, Bruet et al. 14 performed nanoindentation experiments on cleaved nacre from Trochus Niloticus (top shell).”
Biological materials: Functional adaptations and bioinspired designs (2012, background): “70c) is composed of polysaccharide b -chitin with fibrils of 8 nm in diameter [316,339] (see Figs.”
An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl (2007, methodology): “Mechanical tests on nacre also included tensile strength tests [6], three and four point bending tests [3, 7], shear [3, 8, 9], compression [8, 10], microindentation [11] and nanoindentation [10, 12– 14].”