Horacio D. Espinosa

Measurements of near-ultimate strength for multiwalled carbon nanotubes and irradiation-induced crosslinking improvements

Bei Peng, Mark A Locascio, Peter Zapol et al. · Nature Nanotechnology · 2008 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

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

François Barthelat, Haochun Tang, Pablo Zavattieri et al. · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2006 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12

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

Horacio D. Espinosa, Jee E. Rim, François Barthelat et al. · Progress in Materials Science · 2009 · 807 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +10

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

François Barthelat, Horacio D. Espinosa · Experimental Mechanics · 2007 · 499 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +11

Elasticity Size Effects in ZnO Nanowires−A Combined Experimental-Computational Approach

Ravi Agrawal, Bei Peng, Eleftherios Gdoutos et al. · Nano Letters · 2008 · 416 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +17