Biological Composites

Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Hardness and elastic properties of dehydrated cuticle from the lobster Homarus americanus obtained by nanoindentation. Journal of Material Research 21 (8), pp. 1987 - 1995 (2006)

Raabe, D.; Romano, P.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Yi, S. B.; Servos, G.; Hartwig, H. G.: Microstructure and crystallographic texture of the chitin-protein network in the biological composite material of the exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus. Materials Science and Engineering A 421, pp. 143 - 153 (2006)

Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Experimental investigation of the elastic-plastic deformation of mineralized lobster cuticle by digital image correlation. Journal of Structural Biology 155, pp. 409 - 425 (2006)

Raabe, D.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Raue, L.; Klein, H.; Fabritius, H.: Texture of Alpha-chitin and Calcite as a Microscopic Composite Design and Macroscopic Biological Construction Principle of the Exoskeleton of the Lobster Homarus americanus. MRS Fall Conference, Boston, MA, USA (2006)

Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Mechanical Properties of the Lobster Cuticle Investigated by Bending Tests and Digital Image Correlation. MRS Fall Conference, Boston, MA, USA (2006)

Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Mechanical Properties of an in-vivo Modified Biological Nano-composite Material. MRS Fall Conference, Boston, MA, USA (2006)

Romano, P.; Fabritius, H.; Sachs, C.; Raabe, D.: Lobster as an Example of a Smart Anisotropic Material. TMS 2006 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA (2006)

Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Fracture Behavior and Shear Resistance of Lobster Cuticle. MRS Fall Conference, Boston, MA, USA (2006)

Raabe, D.; Roters, F.; Sachs, C.; Romano, P.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Fabritius, H.; Zaefferer, S.; Bastos da Silva, A. F.; Konrad, J.: Crystal Plasticity and Fresh Lobster. Lecture: Lecture, BAM, Berlin, Germany, August 23, 2006

Raabe, D.; Roters, F.; Sachs, C.; Romano, P.; Al-Sawalmih, A.; Fabritius, H.; Zaefferer, S.; Bastos da Silva, A. F.; Konrad, J.; Neugebauer, J. et al.; Petrov, M.; Lymperakis, L.: Micromechanics of Metallic Crystals and Fresh Lobster. Lecture: Lecture at MPI für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, Germany, 2006