Nacre-like ceramic/polymer laminated composite for use in body-armor applications
Nacre is a biological material constituting the innermost layer of the shells of gastropods and bivalves.It consists of polygonal tablets of aragonite, tessellated PU-ERH TEA to form individual layers and having the adjacent layers as well as the tablets within a layer bonded by a biopolymer.Due to its highly complex hierarchical microstructure, na