Nature-Inspired Hierarchical Steels

Materials can be made strong, but as such they are often brittle and prone to fracture when under stress. Inspired by the exceptionally strong and ductile structure of byssal threads found in certain mussels, we have designed and manufactured a multi-hierarchical steel, based on an inexpensive auste...

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Main Authors: Liu, Jiabin, Zhu, Linli, Li, Ling, Lu, Jian, Ritchie, Robert O., Dao, Ming, Cao, Shan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118597
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-385X