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Lessons from tooth enamel

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A remarkable composite material has been made that mimics the structure of tooth enamel. This achievement opens up the exploration of new composite materials and of computational methods that reliably predict their properties. See Letter p.95

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Figure 1: A composite material inspired by tooth enamel.

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  1. Horacio D. Espinosa and Rafael Soler-Crespo are in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program, Northwestern University, Illinois 60208, USA.,

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Espinosa, H., Soler-Crespo, R. Lessons from tooth enamel. Nature 543, 42–43 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543042a

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