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Seashells inspire ultrathin yet ultrastrong materials

Posted: 22 Oct 2007  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: Nicholas Kotov  nanomaterials  organic polymer 

[Summary of tips] Nanomaterials are said to be up to a thousand times stronger than steel. Now that strength can be transferred to bulk materials by mimicking the way oysters embed calcium carbonate into an organic matrix to create seashells—one of the strongest materials found in nature. The result is a material as strong as steel, but ul......
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