Projects funded by the NCN
Multi-scale identification of strategies for the creation of high-strength biocomposites: Sea snail shells as a biomimetic inspiration for lightweight functional materials.
2018/29/B/ST8/02200
Keywords:
Gastropoda shells Biocomposites Mechanical properties Crystallographic misorientations Grain-boundaries EBSD SEM TEM XRD Molecular dynamics simulations.
Descriptors:
- ST8_3:
- ST8_8:
- ST8_14:
Panel:
ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems
Host institution :
Instytut Metalurgii i Inżynierii Materiałowej im. Aleksandra Krupkowskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
woj. małopolskie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
prof. Krzysztof Maciej Sztwiertnia
Number of co-investigators in the project: 10
Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15
Amount awarded: 1 030 400 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-01-21
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-01-20
Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
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- Publication in academic press/journals (2)
- Organization and Formation of the Crossed-Foliated Biomineral Microstructure of Limpet ShellsAuthors:Katarzyna Berent, Marta Gajewska, and Antonio G. ChecaAcademic press:ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. (rok: 2023, tom: 9, strony: 6658−6669), Wydawca: Published by American Chemical SocietyStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00928 - link to the publication
- Ribs of Pinna nobilis shell induce unexpected microstructural changes that provide unique mechanical propertiesAuthors:K. Nalepka, K. Berent, A. G. Checa, T. Machniewicz, A. J.Harris, P. Nalepka, M. Strąg, Ł. Maj, A. Szkudlarek, M. Bieda, K. SztwiertniaAcademic press:Materials Science and Engineering: A (rok: 2022, tom: 829, strony: 45673), Wydawca: ElsevierStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1016/j.msea.2021.142163 - link to the publication