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SUBMITTER: Hu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3479450 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Xiaozhen X Xu Zhen Z Gao Chao C
Scientific reports 20121024
Nature has created amazing materials during the process of evolution, inspiring scientists to studiously mimic them. Nacre is of particular interest, and it has been studied for more than half-century for its strong, stiff, and tough attributes resulting from the recognized "brick-and-mortar" (B&M) layered structure comprised of inorganic aragonite platelets and biomacromolecules. The past two decades have witnessed great advances in nacre-mimetic composites, but they are solely limited in films ...[more]