Keyword

nacre

Description: A layered organic-inorganic composite material secreted by some molluscs to line shells and form pearls.

Primary topic: Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (52%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q215865

OpenAlex ID: keywords/nacre

Effective targeted gene ‘knockdown’ in zebrafish

2000 · Aidas Nasevicius, Stephen C. Ekker · Nature Genetics · 2,483

Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature

2003 · Huajian Gao, Baohua Ji, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,916

The mechanical design of nacre

1988 · A. P. Jackson, Julian F. V. Vincent, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,271

Molecular mechanistic origin of the toughness of natural adhesives, fibres and composites

1999 · Bettye L. Smith, Tilman E. Schäffer, et al. · Nature · 1,219

Mollusk Shell Formation: A Source of New Concepts for Understanding Biomineralization Processes

2005 · Lia Addadi, Derk Joester, et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 1,076

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On the mechanics of mother-of-pearl: A key feature in the material hierarchical structure

2006 · F BARTHELAT, H TANG, et al. · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1,032

Mechanical properties of nanostructure of biological materials

2004 · Baohua Ji, Huajian Gao · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 909

Deformation mechanisms in nacre

2001 · R. Z. Wang, Z. Suo, et al. · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources · 836

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

2009 · Horacio D. Espinosa, Jee E. Rim, et al. · Progress in Materials Science · 818

Structure and mechanics of interfaces in biological materials

2016 · Francois Barthelat, Zhen Yin, et al. · Nature Reviews Materials · 765

Bio-inspired design of multiscale structures for function integration

2011 · Kesong Liu, Lei Jiang · Nano Today · 760

Mechanical properties of mother of pearl in tension

1977 · John Donald Currey · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 722

Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs

2019 · Wei Huang, David Restrepo, et al. · Advanced Materials · 663

Rigid Biological Systems as Models for Synthetic Composites

2005 · George Mayer · Science · 645

Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review

2012 · Jiyu Sun, Bharat Bhushan · RSC Advances · 601

The physics and biology of animal reflectors

1972 · M.F. Land · Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology · 597

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Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of a Natural Nanocomposite Material: The Shell of Red Abalone

2004 · Xiaodong Li, Wei-Che Chang, et al. · Nano Letters · 591

Continuous self-assembly of organic–inorganic nanocomposite coatings that mimic nacre

1998 · Alan Sellinger, Pilar M. Weiss, et al. · Nature · 579

Layered nanocomposites inspired by the structure and mechanical properties of nacre

2011 · Jianfeng Wang, Qunfeng Cheng, et al. · Chemical Society Reviews · 540

Structure of the Nacreous Organic Matrix of a Bivalve Mollusk Shell Examined in the Hydrated State Using Cryo-TEM

2001 · Yael Levi-Kalisman, Giuseppe Falini, et al. · Journal of Structural Biology · 529

Zebrafishcolourlessencodessox10and specifies non-ectomesenchymal neural crest fates

2001 · Kirsten A. Dutton, Angela Pauliny, et al. · Development · 517

An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl

2007 · F. Barthelat, H. D. Espinosa · Experimental Mechanics · 504

Biomimetic Arrays of Oriented Helical ZnO Nanorods and Columns

2002 · Zhengrong R. Tian, James A. Voigt, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 492

The formation and mineralization of mollusk shell

2012 · Frederic Marin · Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar · 471

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Structures of mollusc shell framework proteins

1997 · Shu Sudo, Takahiko Fujikawa, et al. · Nature · 460

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Citation count: 81,190