Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales
Biology has often served as the inspiration for the design of body armor; one common limitation is the flexibility of the resultant armor. Here, the authors examine the armour of chiton and use the observed design principles to 3D print flexible armor.
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| author | Matthew Connors Ting Yang Ahmed Hosny Zhifei Deng Fatemeh Yazdandoost Hajar Massaadi Douglas Eernisse Reza Mirzaeifar Mason N. Dean James C. Weaver Christine Ortiz Ling Li |
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| description | Biology has often served as the inspiration for the design of body armor; one common limitation is the flexibility of the resultant armor. Here, the authors examine the armour of chiton and use the observed design principles to 3D print flexible armor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a3455091df848fb9ecfeec526cc2c302022-12-21T22:54:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-12-0110111310.1038/s41467-019-13215-0Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scalesMatthew Connors0Ting Yang1Ahmed Hosny2Zhifei Deng3Fatemeh Yazdandoost4Hajar Massaadi5Douglas Eernisse6Reza Mirzaeifar7Mason N. Dean8James C. Weaver9Christine Ortiz10Ling Li11Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Biological Science, California State University FullertonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityDepartment of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and InterfacesWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard UniversityDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBiology has often served as the inspiration for the design of body armor; one common limitation is the flexibility of the resultant armor. Here, the authors examine the armour of chiton and use the observed design principles to 3D print flexible armor.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13215-0 |
| spellingShingle | Matthew Connors Ting Yang Ahmed Hosny Zhifei Deng Fatemeh Yazdandoost Hajar Massaadi Douglas Eernisse Reza Mirzaeifar Mason N. Dean James C. Weaver Christine Ortiz Ling Li Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales Nature Communications |
| title | Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| title_full | Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| title_fullStr | Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| title_short | Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| title_sort | bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13215-0 |
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