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Title: The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer
Authors: Weaver, James C.
Milliron, Garrett W.
Mershon, William J.
DiMasi, Elaine
Kisailus, David
Miserez, Ali
Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth
Herrera, Steven
Gallana, Isaias
Swanson, Brook
Zavattieri, Pablo
Issue Date: 2012
Source: Weaver, J. C., Milliron, G. W., Miserez, A., Evans-Lutterodt, K., Herrera, S., Gallana, I., et al. (2012). The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer. Science, 336(6086), 1275-1280.
Series/Report no.: Science
Abstract: Nature has evolved efficient strategies to synthesize complex mineralized structures that exhibit exceptional damage tolerance. One such example is found in the hypermineralized hammer-like dactyl clubs of the stomatopods, a group of highly aggressive marine crustaceans. The dactyl clubs from one species, Odontodactylus scyllarus, exhibit an impressive set of characteristics adapted for surviving high-velocity impacts on the heavily mineralized prey on which they feed. Consisting of a multiphase composite of oriented crystalline hydroxyapatite and amorphous calcium phosphate and carbonate, in conjunction with a highly expanded helicoidal organization of the fibrillar chitinous organic matrix, these structures display several effective lines of defense against catastrophic failure during repetitive high-energy loading events.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97274
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10404
ISSN: 0036-8075
DOI: 10.1126/science.1218764
Schools: School of Materials Science & Engineering 
School of Biological Sciences 
Rights: © 2012 The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fulltext Permission: none
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