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Nacre's structure reveals secret of its strength.(BIOMATERIALS)
Advanced Ceramics Report; 8/1/2007; 658 words
; ... closer to being able to understand how nacre (commonly known as mother-of-pearl) architecture ... into how this strong material is built. Nacre is 3000 times more fracture-resistant than ... continues. Similar to our bones and teeth, nacre is a biomineral, a combination of organic ...
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Artificial nacre developed.(Technology, www.nsf.org)(Brief Article)
The Futurist; 9/1/2003; 248 words
; ... recreate the solid yet flexible properties of nacre (mother-of-pearl) in the lab. This new technology ... microscopic level that comes close to recreating nacre's properties, including its iridescence. Natural nacre owes much of its strength to an internal brick-li ...
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Inorganic overgrowth of aragonite on molluscan nacre examined by atomic force microscopy.
The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/1995; Giles, R. Manne, S. Mann, S. Morse, D.E. Stucky, G.D. Hansma, P.K.; 4525 words
; ... layer. The inner structural layer, called nacre or mother-of-pearl, is a complex microlaminate ... successful in describing the microstructure of nacre (see Lowenstam and Weiner, 1989; Weiner ... conditions for inorganic growth of the nacre tablets. (For reviews of the AFM, see Rugar ...
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Laminated structures mimic nacre.(Biomaterials)
Advanced Composites Bulletin; 3/1/2006; 528 words
; ... similar in their microstructure to that of nacre - the natural material (also called mother-of-p ... such as dental implants and prosthetics. Nacre has an intricate layered structure of calcium ... cruder laminations than those in natural nacre. Tomsia and colleagues say they have overcome ...
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Laminated structures mimic nacre.(BIOMATERIALS)
Advanced Ceramics Report; 3/1/2006; 517 words
; ... similar in their microstructure to that of nacre--the natural material (also called mother-of-p ... implants and prosthetics, the scientists say. Nacre has an intricate layered structure of calcium ... cruder laminations than those in natural nacre. (See also, Studying nature's nanomaterials ...
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Perlwapin, an Abalone Nacre Protein with Three Four-Disulfide Core (Whey Acidic Protein) Domains, Inhibits the Growth of Calcium Carbonate Crystals
Biophysical Journal; 10/1/2006; Treccani, Laura; Mann, Karlheinz; Heinemann, Fabian; Fritz, Monika; 4699 words
; ... carbonate solution. The function of perlwapin in nacre growth may be to inhibit the growth of certain crystallographic ... the mineral phase of the polymer/mineral composite nacre. INTRODUCTION Molluskan nacre is a biocompositc consisting to ~95% of the aragonitic ...
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Perlinhibin, a Cysteine-, Histidine-, and Arginine-Rich Miniprotein from Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) Nacre, Inhibits In Vitro Calcium Carbonate Crystallization
Biophysical Journal; 8/15/2007; Mann, Karlheinz; Siedler, Frank; Treccani, Laura; Heinemann, Fabian; Fritz, Monika; 5192 words
; ... growth of crystals (7.8). Some abalone nacre proteins were purified and characterized ... be a component of the adhesive between nacre mineral tablets (10): C-type lectin perlucin ... crystal growth (13). Furthermore, the acidic nacre proteins AP7. AP8α/β and AP24 ...
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Nacre-like material made from aluminium oxide and polymer.(COMPOSITES)
Advanced Ceramics Report; 4/1/2008; 595 words
; ... is based on the mechanical structure of nacre--naturally occurring calcium carbonate ... commonly known as mother-of-pearl. (See also, Nacre's structure reveals secret of its strength ... size of these platelets, Studart says. Nacre uses specific platelet length and thickness ...
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Nacre-like material made from aluminium oxide and polymer.(BIOMIMETICS)
Advanced Composites Bulletin; 4/1/2008; 599 words
; ... is based on the mechanical structure of nacre--naturally occurring calcium carbonate ... commonly known as mother-of-pearl. (See also, Nacre's structure reveals secret of its strength ... size of these platelets, Studart says. Nacre uses specific platelet length and thickness ...
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Artificial nacre. (Materials).
Advanced Composites Bulletin; 8/1/2003; 432 words
; Nacre, a naturally occurring mineral-based composite more commonly ... shells of many sea-going bivalves such as muscles and oysters, nacre is mostly valued for its aesthetic appearance, yet it also ... Instruments/Veeco, USA, have developed a process for creating a nacre-like material that consists of ...
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