TY - GEN AU - Espinosa,Horacio D AU - Juster,Allison L AU - Latourte,Felix J AU - Loh,Owen Y AU - Gregoire,David AU - Zavattieri,Pablo D TI - Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials SN - 2041-1723 PY - 2011///1018 KW - Animals KW - Biomechanical Phenomena KW - Biomimetic Materials KW - chemistry KW - Biopolymers KW - Calcium Carbonate KW - Extracellular Matrix Proteins KW - Gastropoda KW - anatomy & histology KW - Materials Testing KW - Microscopy, Atomic Force KW - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning KW - Nanotechnology KW - methods N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1172 ER -