Nature Communications (Aug 2017)
Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties
- Huai-Ling Gao,
- Si-Ming Chen,
- Li-Bo Mao,
- Zhao-Qiang Song,
- Hong-Bin Yao,
- Helmut Cölfen,
- Xi-Sheng Luo,
- Fu Zhang,
- Zhao Pan,
- Yu-Feng Meng,
- Yong Ni,
- Shu-Hong Yu
Affiliations
- Huai-Ling Gao
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Si-Ming Chen
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Li-Bo Mao
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Zhao-Qiang Song
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
- Hong-Bin Yao
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Helmut Cölfen
- University of Konstanz, Physical Chemistry
- Xi-Sheng Luo
- Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
- Fu Zhang
- Advanced Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
- Zhao Pan
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Yu-Feng Meng
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- Yong Ni
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
- Shu-Hong Yu
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00392-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Artificial materials that replicate the mechanical properties of nacre represent important structural materials, but are difficult to produce in bulk. Here, the authors exploit the bottom-up assembly of 2D nacre-mimetic films to fabricate 3D bulk artificial nacre with an optimized architecture and excellent mechanical properties.
