| Title |
Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Materials, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/nmat3915 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Florian Bouville, Eric Maire, Sylvain Meille, Bertrand Van de Moortèle, Adam J. Stevenson, Sylvain Deville |
| Abstract |
High strength and high toughness are usually mutually exclusive in engineering materials. In ceramics, improving toughness usually relies on the introduction of a metallic or polymeric ductile phase, but this decreases the material's strength and stiffness as well as its high-temperature stability. Although natural materials that are both strong and tough rely on a combination of mechanisms operating at different length scales, the relevant structures have been extremely difficult to replicate. Here, we report a bioinspired approach based on widespread ceramic processing techniques for the fabrication of bulk ceramics without a ductile phase and with a unique combination of high strength (470 MPa), high toughness (22 MPa m(1/2)), and high stiffness (290 GPa). Because only mineral constituents are needed, these ceramics retain their mechanical properties at high temperatures (600 °C). Our bioinspired, material-independent approach should find uses in the design and processing of materials for structural, transportation and energy-related applications. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| France | 3 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| Brazil | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 50% |
| Scientists | 6 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 5 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | <1% |
| Unknown | 638 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 184 | 28% |
| Researcher | 94 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 67 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 36 | 5% |
| Other | 111 | 17% |
| Unknown | 127 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | 211 | 32% |
| Engineering | 139 | 21% |
| Chemistry | 65 | 10% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 20 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 1% |
| Other | 39 | 6% |
| Unknown | 179 | 27% |
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