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The Extended Abstract: The Growth and Mechanical Property of Mesolayer in Abalone Nacre

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In the red abalone’s shell, a special structure which has the unique morphology is named “mesolayer”. Its mechanical property is concerned in this research. The mesolayer is built with three sublayers: the columnar-like layer, the organic layer, and the prismatic layer. The three sublayers are tested with nanoindentation test individually and the results are analyzed. And, the nanoindentations on each layer are characterized by SEM.

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  1. Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

    Bart Prorok, Anqi Zhang, Yan Chen & Fucito Kristin

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  1. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Pablo Zavattieri

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA

    Majid Minary

  3. College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Martha Grady

  4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

    Kathryn Dannemann

  5. Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Wendy Crone

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Prorok, B., Zhang, A., Chen, Y., Kristin, F. (2018). The Extended Abstract: The Growth and Mechanical Property of Mesolayer in Abalone Nacre. In: Zavattieri, P., Minary, M., Grady, M., Dannemann, K., Crone, W. (eds) Mechanics of Biological Systems, Materials and other topics in Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63552-1_9

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