Revealing the Design Principles of High‐Performance Biological Composites Using Ab initio and Multiscale Simulations: The Example of Lobster Cuticle

Nikolov, S.; Petrov, Michal; Lymperakis, Liverios; Friák, Martin; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, Helge-Otto; Raabe, Dierk; Neugebauer, Jörg

doi:10.1002/adma.200902019

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“…Attempts of the theoretical analysis of bone tissue mainly consider the traditional rule of mixtures, mineral particles reinforced composite models, homogenization approach, or multiple length scales modeling [21,30,[35][36][37]. The experimental validation of these approaches is still lacking.…”

Section: Deformation Mechanisms In Bonementioning

confidence: 99%

X-ray diffraction as a promising tool to characterize bone nanocomposites

Tadano

Giri

2011

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

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To understand the characteristics of bone at the tissue level, the structure, organization and mechanical properties of the underlying levels down to the nanoscale as well as their mutual interactions need to be investigated. Such information would help understand changes in the bone properties including stiffness, strength and toughness and provide ways to assess the aged and diseased bones and the development of next generation of bio-inspired materials. X-ray diffraction techniques have gained increased interest in recent years as useful non-destructive tools for investigating the nanostructure of bone. This review provides an overview on the recent progress in this field and briefly introduces the related experimental approach. The application of x-ray diffraction to elucidating the structural and mechanical properties of mineral crystals in bone is reviewed in terms of characterization of in situ strain, residual stress-strain and crystal orientation.

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Section: Deformation Mechanisms In Bonementioning

confidence: 99%

X-ray diffraction as a promising tool to characterize bone nanocomposites

Tadano

Giri

2011

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

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“…[11,27,28] The cuticle consists of three layers: a thin, waxy epicuticle, an exocuticle, and an endocuticle; the exocuticle is the hardest and stiffest. [27,29] The highly ordered hierarchical architecture of the exocuticle has been well investigated. As shown in Figure 2B, the hierarchy demonstrates four distinct levels.…”

Section: The Lobster Cuticlementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As shown in Figure 2B, the hierarchy demonstrates four distinct levels. [27] The scale of the first level ranges from 0.1 to 10 nm, where the antiparallel α-chitin chains, composed of N-acetylglucosamine, are assembled through hydrogen bonding (I). [30] The scale of the second level is 10-100 nm.…”

Section: The Lobster Cuticlementioning

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High‐Performance Nanocomposites Inspired by Nature

2017

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Over the eons of evolutionary time, natural materials, including nacre, bone, lobster cuticle, and many others, developed delicate multiscale structures demonstrating outstanding properties. These natural materials provide endless inspiration for the fabrication of novel bioinspired structural materials. Extensive research has revealed the mechanism responsible for natural materials' properties and shows that high-performance structural materials could be fabricated via bioinspired strategies. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] With the quest to develop novel bioinspired materials, it is essential to refine some basic scientific principles that can guide bioinspired fabrication.Recent research has indicated that the amplification of natural materials' mechanical properties far beyond those of the components that comprise them originates mainly from: i) a hierarchical micro-/nanoscale architecture and ii) abundant effective interface interactions. Here, we follow the roadmap of "discovery, invention, and creation," as shown in Figure 1, to give insight into the development of bioinspired structural materials. In the "discovery" section, natural materials are described as a source of inspiration. Bioinspired nanocomposites can be invented to mimic or even to surpass natural materials' attributes, as described in the "invention" section. We illustrate how the basic principles could work for bioinspired nanocomposites with different building blocks and fabrication approaches. Finally, in the "creation" section, we review novel multifunctional nanocomposites with properties that natural materials rarely possess. To provide a vision and inspiration for future research, we conclude with our perspectives on new and promising directions in the field, along with problems remaining to be solved. Discovery: Natural Materials Orderly Hierarchical ArchitecturesNatural materials are made at ambient temperatures from a relatively small number of ingredients that exhibit rather meager properties. Almost all of them are composites with orderly hierarchical architectures that arrest crack propagation, thus preventing catastrophic failure. Insight into the architecture of a typical natural material is the key to understanding the superiority of the biomimetic strategy for making novel synthetic materials.Natural materials, including nacre, bone, and the lobster cuticle, exhibit excellent mechanical properties, combining high strength and toughness. Such materials have the added benefit of being light in weight. These advantageous features are due to such natural materials' orderly hierarchical architectures and abundant interface interactions. How to utilize these design principles created by nature to fabricate high-performance bioinspired nanocomposites remains a great research challenge. A logical roadmap for developing these nanocomposites can be described as "discovery, invention, and creation." Here, the discovery of the relationship between natural materials' design principles and such materials' extraordinary mechanical proper...

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“…For instance, cuticle from the exoskeleton of Homarus americanus (lobster) comprises of six hierarchical levels of structural organization ranging from the molecular level to the twisted plywood layer (Bouligand) assembly of fibers at the mesoscale (Raabe et al 2006;Romano et al 2007). Here, the superstructural hierarchy and volume fractions associated with the organic and inorganic phases are suggested to modulate the fluid dynamics during mineral growth and material mechanics (Nikolov et al 2010). Consider collagen, i.e.…”

Section: Mineralization In Matrices and Gelsmentioning

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Mineralization and non-ideality: on nature’s foundry

Rao¹,

Cölfen

2016

Biophys Rev

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Understanding how ions, ion-clusters and particles behave in non-ideal environments is a fundamental question concerning planetary to atomic scales. For biomineralization phenomena wherein diverse inorganic and organic ingredients are present in biological media, attributing biomaterial composition and structure to the chemistry of singular additives may not provide a holistic view of the underlying mechanisms. Therefore, in this review, we specifically address the consequences of physico-chemical non-ideality on mineral formation. Influences of different forms of non-ideality such as macromolecular crowding, confinement and liquid-like organic phases on mineral nucleation and crystallization in biological environments are presented. Novel prospects for the additive-controlled nucleation and crystallization are accessible from this biophysical view. In this manner, we show that non-ideal conditions significantly affect the form, structure and composition of biogenic and biomimetic minerals.

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Revealing the Design Principles of High‐Performance Biological Composites Using Ab initio and Multiscale Simulations: The Example of Lobster Cuticle

Cited by 308 publications

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X-ray diffraction as a promising tool to characterize bone nanocomposites

X-ray diffraction as a promising tool to characterize bone nanocomposites

High‐Performance Nanocomposites Inspired by Nature

Mineralization and non-ideality: on nature’s foundry

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