The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer
Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized hammer-like dactyl clubs of the stomatopods, a group of highly aggressive marine crustaceans. The dactyl clubs from one sp...
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| author | Weaver, James C. Milliron, Garrett W. Mershon, William J. DiMasi, Elaine Kisailus, David Miserez, Ali Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth Herrera, Steven Gallana, Isaias Swanson, Brook Zavattieri, Pablo |
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| author_facet | School of Materials Science & Engineering Weaver, James C. Milliron, Garrett W. Mershon, William J. DiMasi, Elaine Kisailus, David Miserez, Ali Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth Herrera, Steven Gallana, Isaias Swanson, Brook Zavattieri, Pablo |
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| description | Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized hammer-like dactyl clubs of the stomatopods, a group of highly aggressive marine crustaceans. The dactyl clubs from one species, Odontodactylus scyllarus, exhibit an impressive set of characteristics adapted for surviving high-velocity impacts on the heavily mineralized prey on which they feed. Consisting of a multiphase composite of oriented crystalline hydroxyapatite and amorphous calcium phosphate and carbonate, in conjunction with a highly expanded helicoidal organization of the fibrillar chitinous organic matrix, these structures display several effective lines of defense against catastrophic failure during repetitive high-energy loading events. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/972742020-06-01T10:26:31Z The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer Weaver, James C. Milliron, Garrett W. Mershon, William J. DiMasi, Elaine Kisailus, David Miserez, Ali Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth Herrera, Steven Gallana, Isaias Swanson, Brook Zavattieri, Pablo School of Materials Science & Engineering School of Biological Sciences Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized hammer-like dactyl clubs of the stomatopods, a group of highly aggressive marine crustaceans. The dactyl clubs from one species, Odontodactylus scyllarus, exhibit an impressive set of characteristics adapted for surviving high-velocity impacts on the heavily mineralized prey on which they feed. Consisting of a multiphase composite of oriented crystalline hydroxyapatite and amorphous calcium phosphate and carbonate, in conjunction with a highly expanded helicoidal organization of the fibrillar chitinous organic matrix, these structures display several effective lines of defense against catastrophic failure during repetitive high-energy loading events. 2013-06-17T02:04:55Z 2019-12-06T19:40:48Z 2013-06-17T02:04:55Z 2019-12-06T19:40:48Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Weaver, J. C., Milliron, G. W., Miserez, A., Evans-Lutterodt, K., Herrera, S., Gallana, I., et al. (2012). The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer. Science, 336(6086), 1275-1280. 0036-8075 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97274 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10404 10.1126/science.1218764 en Science © 2012 The American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| spellingShingle | Weaver, James C. Milliron, Garrett W. Mershon, William J. DiMasi, Elaine Kisailus, David Miserez, Ali Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth Herrera, Steven Gallana, Isaias Swanson, Brook Zavattieri, Pablo The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title | The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title_full | The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title_fullStr | The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title_short | The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer |
| title_sort | stomatopod dactyl club a formidable damage tolerant biological hammer |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97274 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10404 |
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