Espinosa, Horacio D <br/><br/>
Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials.  [electronic resource] 

 -  Nature communications  Feb 2011 
 - 173 p.  digital 
<br/><br/> Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2041-1723 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1038/ncomms1172  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animals<br/>Biomechanical Phenomena<br/>Biomimetic Materials--chemistry<br/>Biopolymers--chemistry<br/>Calcium Carbonate--chemistry<br/>Extracellular Matrix Proteins--chemistry<br/>Gastropoda--anatomy & histology<br/>Materials Testing<br/>Microscopy, Atomic Force<br/>Microscopy, Electron, Scanning<br/>Nanotechnology--methods