Effects of Laminate Architecture on Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature

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Miserez A, Weaver JC, Thurner PJ, Aizenberg J, Dauphin Y, Fratzl P, Morse DE, Zok FW. Effects of Laminate Architecture on Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008;18 :1-8.
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We thank Michael J. Porter, Garrett W. Milliron and Amy Butros for assistance and helpful discussions and B. Richer de Forges, IRD, Noum ́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 (PA002–113176/1). 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.
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