@article {836996,
	title = {Effects of Laminate Architecture on  Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature},
	journal = {Adv. Funct. Mater.},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2008},
	note = {We thank Michael J. Porter, Garrett W. Milliron and Amy Butros for assistance and helpful discussions and B. Richer de Forges, IRD, Noum \&$\#$769;ea, New Caledonia, for collecting the giant spicules of Mono- rhaphis chuni used in this study. AM acknowledges an advanced researcher fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (PA002{\textendash}113176/1). Additionally, AM and FWZ were supported by a grant from the Bioengineering Research Partnership Program, National Institutes of Health (NIHR01DE014672). JCW and DEM were supported by grants from NASA (NAG1-01-003 and NCC-1-02037); the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, Army Research Office (DAAD19-03D-0004); the NOAA National Sea Grant College Pro- gram, U.S. Department of Commerce (NA36RG0537, Project R/ MP-92); and the MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-00-8034). AM and JCW contributed equally to this work.},
	pages = {1-8},
	author = {A. Miserez and J. C. Weaver and P. J. Thurner and Aizenberg, J. and Y. Dauphin and P. Fratzl and D. E. Morse and F. W. Zok}
}
