New Insight into the Toughening Mechanisms of Seashell: From Arch Shape to Multilayer Structure

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2016/3817985/figures/3817985.fig.001a.svgz" name="3817985.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Brick-mortar structure of nacre</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2016/3817985/figures/3817985.fig.001b.svgz" name="3817985.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Schematic of the curved surface of nacre</td></tr></table>

<div>Fracture section of a seashell and arch-shaped nacre subjected to an external load in the thickness direction.</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Figure 1: New Insight into the Toughening Mechanisms of Seashell: From Arch Shape to Multilayer Structure 