On the mechanics of fishscale structures

Nature’s hierarchical materials

Peter Fratzl, Richard Weinkamer · Progress in Materials Science · 2007 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Tissue Engineering, Engineering, Biomimetic Materials +23

Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels

Cornelis Storm, Jennifer J. Pastore, F. C. MacKintosh et al. · Nature · 2005 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Biopolymer Gel, Nonlinear Elasticity +7

Nanostructured artificial nacre

Zhiyong Tang, Nicholas A. Kotov, Sergei Magonov et al. · Nature Materials · 2003 · 1.4K citations

Materials Science, Artificial Nacre, Nanostructure Synthesis +1

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 · 989 citations

Materials Science, Complex Matter, Engineering +9

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

Benjamin J. F. Bruet, Juha Song, Mary C. Boyce et al. · Nature Materials · 2008 · 440 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +5