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Nacre of Abalone Shell: a Natural Multifunctional Nanolaminated Ceramic-Polymer Composite Material

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Structure, Cellular Synthesis and Assembly of Biopolymers

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 19))

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When materials are manufactured with an emphasis on tailoring their properties through microstructural control, the extent of this control is generally at a specific length scale. For instance, the mechanical properties of most metallic materials are controlled through the manipulation of dislocation dynamics at the nanometer length scale (Cottrell 1953), whereas the mechanical properties of ceramic materials are controlled through the propagation of cracks that are initiated from defects of micrometer length scale (Evans and Marshall 1989).

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  1. Ilhan A. Aksay

    Present address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0563, USA

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    Mehmet Sarikaya & Ilhan A. Aksay

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    Mehmet Sarikaya & Ilhan A. Aksay

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Sarikaya, M., Aksay, I.A. (1992). Nacre of Abalone Shell: a Natural Multifunctional Nanolaminated Ceramic-Polymer Composite Material. In: Case, S.T. (eds) Structure, Cellular Synthesis and Assembly of Biopolymers. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47207-0_1

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