NANOMECHANICS OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS——WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM NATURE ABOUT THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF HIERARCHICAL ATERIALS?

摘要：

Multi-level structural hierarchy is a rule of nature.Hierarchical structures can be observed in all biosystems from chromosome,protein,cell,tissue,organism,to ecosystems.Mechanics of hierarchical materials inspired by nature may provide useful hints for both materials engineering and biomedical engineering.What are the roles and principles of structural hierarchy? What determines the size scales in hierarchical materials? How to design hierarchical materials with designated mechanical and other properties/behaviors? My group has been attempting to address some of these questions during the recent years 1-15.Here we consider two idealized,self-similar models of hierarchical materials 10,11,14,15,one mimicking geckos attachment system and the other mimicking the mineral-protein comnosite structure of bone.

作者: Huajian Gao

作者单位: Division of Engineering,Brown University,Providence,RI 02912,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第二届国际非均质材料力学会议(The Second International Conference on Heterogeneous Material Mechanics)

会议地点: 安徽黄山

会议语种:英文

页码: 579-581

在线出版日期: 2008-06-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）