00-00-0000 Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of recent Mexico have successfully mimicked the arrangement of seashells through a proces that takes just a small in number seconds.
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of recent Mexico have successfully mimicked the arrangement of seashells through a proces that takes just a small in number seconds. A preliminary analysis indicates that the coatings are more than twice as hard as the same materials mixed randomly.
The privy to creating such tough laminations lies in alternating layers of flexible, cushioning biopolymers with hard layers of calcium carbonate. If a crack starts in a calcium carbonate layer, it is stopped upon reaching the adjacent polymer layer.
