Communications Materials (Mar 2021)

Fish-inspired flexible protective material systems with anisotropic bending stiffness

  • Katia Zolotovsky,
  • Swati Varshney,
  • Steffen Reichert,
  • Eric M. Arndt,
  • Ming Dao,
  • Mary C. Boyce,
  • Christine Ortiz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00140-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Armored fish exoskeletons combine flexibility and protection from predators and territorial attacks. Here, using modeling, 3D printing, and experimental testing, the mechanical origin of anisotropic bending stiffness in fish scale architectures is revealed, providing design guidelines for biomimetics.