Natural arrangement of fiber-like aragonites and its impact on mechanical behavior of mollusk shells: A review

HM Ji, W Yang, DL Chen, XW Li - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of …, 2020 - Elsevier
During billions of years of evolution, creatures in nature have possessed nearly perfect
structures and functions for survival. Multiscale structures in biological materials over several …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropy of Mechanical Properties of Pinctada margaritifera Mollusk Shell

M Strąg, Ł Maj, M Bieda, P Petrzak, A Jarzębska… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mechanical properties such as compressive strength and nanohardness were
investigated for Pinctada margaritifera mollusk shells. The compressive strength was …