Bio-inspired self-shaping ceramics

Autor: Fabio L. Bargardi, Hortense Le Ferrand, Rafael Libanori, André R. Studart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13912
Popis: Shaping ceramics into complex forms is a formidable goal. Here, the authors present an approach to self-shaping ceramics, inspired by self-folding processes in plants, in which the ceramic microstructure is embedded with aligned platelets that control the orientation of heat-induced shrinkage.
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