Bulk-Sized Nacre-Inspired Composites by Sedimentation Pro...
Behr, Sebastian![Bulk-Sized Nacre-Inspired Composites by Sedimentation Processes](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/234/23416219/CHSBZCOP0323416219.jpg)
Nacre, mother-of-pearl, is an exception from the rule that strength and toughness are generally mutually exclusive in materials. It possesses a unique set of mechanical properties which has been attributed to nacre's special brick-and-mortar-like microstructure. Consequently, mimicry of this microstructure for similar reinforcement in synthetic materials has been the goal of many researchers so far with excellent results in the area of thin fi...