Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties

Artificial materials that replicate the mechanical properties of nacre represent important structural materials, but are difficult to produce in bulk. Here, the authors exploit the bottom-up assembly of 2D nacre-mimetic films to fabricate 3D bulk artificial nacre with an optimized architecture and e...

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Main Authors: Huai-Ling Gao, Si-Ming Chen, Li-Bo Mao, Zhao-Qiang Song, Hong-Bin Yao, Helmut Cölfen, Xi-Sheng Luo, Fu Zhang, Zhao Pan, Yu-Feng Meng, Yong Ni, Shu-Hong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00392-z