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SUBMITTER: Mueller J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6247059 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mueller Jochen J Raney Jordan R JR Kochmann Dennis M DM Shea Kristina K
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20181007 11
To be of engineering relevance, it is essential for stiff and strong materials to possess also high toughness. However, as these properties are typically mutually exclusive, they are rarely found in nature and synthetic replications are extremely limited. Here, an elegant albeit simple physical principle that enables ligaments in cellular networks to possess these mechanical properties simultaneously is presented. The underlying architecture consists of multiple, coaxially aligned layers separat ...[more]