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Meyers Clemson University University of California, San Diego See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/283450752 Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms ARTICLE · FEBRUARY 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2015.10.033 READS 69 5 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Steven E. Naleway Jennifer R.A. Taylor University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego 15 PUBLICATIONS 24 CITATIONS 9 PUBLICATIONS 71 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Michael M Porter Marc A Meyers Clemson University University of California, San Diego 44 PUBLICATIONS 72 CITATIONS 484 PUBLICATIONS 11,198 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Available from: Marc A Meyers Retrieved on: 15 December 2015 MSC-05849; No of Pages 25 Materials Science and Engineering C xxx (2015) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials Science and Engineering C journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/msec Review Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms Steven E. Naleway a,⁎,JenniferR.A.Taylorb, Michael M. Porter e, Marc A. Meyers a,c,d, Joanna McKittrick a,c a Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA b Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA c Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA d Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA e Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA article info abstract Article history: Marine organisms have developed a wide variety of protective strategies to thrive in their native environments. Received 21 January 2015 These biological materials, although formed from simple biopolymer and biomineral constituents, take on many in- Received in revised form 29 September 2015 tricate and effective designs. The specific environmental conditions that shape all marine organisms have helped Accepted 12 October 2015 modify these materials into their current forms: complete hydration, and variation in hydrostatic pressure, temper- Available online xxxx ature, salinity, as well as motion from currents and swells. These conditions vary throughout the ocean, being more consistent in the pelagic and deep benthic zones while experiencing more variability in the nearshore and shallows Keywords: Marine organisms (e.g. intertidal zones, shallow bays and lagoons, salt marshes and mangrove forests). Of note, many marine organ- Protective mechanisms isms are capable of migrating between these zones. In this review, the basic building blocks of these structural bi- Structural biological materials ological materials and a variety of protective strategies in marine organisms are discussed with a focus on their Bioinspired design structure and mechanical properties. Finally, the bioinspired potential of these biological materials is discussed. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 0 2. Basicbuildingblocksofmarineorganisms................................................. 0 2.1. Biopolymers........................................................... 0 2.2. Biominerals............................................................ 0 3. Crushingresistantstructures....................................................... 0 3.1. Molluskshells.......................................................... 0 3.2. Diatomandcoccolithophoreexoskeletons.............................................. 0 3.3. Crustaceanexoskeletons...................................................... 0 3.4. Seahorseskeleton......................................................... 0 4. Flexureresistantstructures........................................................ 0 4.1. Seaspongespicules........................................................ 0 4.2. Seaurchinspines......................................................... 0 4.3. Porcupine fishspines....................................................... 0 5. Piercingresistantstructures........................................................ 0 5.1. Overlapping fishscales....................................................... 0 5.2. Marinescutesandskeletalarmors................................................. 0 6. Impactresistantstructures........................................................ 0 6.1. Mantisshrimpdactylclub..................................................... 0 7. Bioinspiredmaterialspotential...................................................... 0 8. Conclusions............................................................... 0 Acknowledgments.............................................................. 0 References.................................................................. 0 ⁎ Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (S.E. Naleway), [email protected] (J.R.A. Taylor), [email protected] (M.M. Porter), [email protected] (M.A. Meyers), [email protected] (J. McKittrick). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2015.10.033 0928-4931/© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Please cite this article as: S.E. Naleway, et al., Structure and mechanical properties of selected protective systems in marine organisms, Mater. Sci. Eng., C (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2015.10.033 2 S.E. Naleway et al. / Materials Science and Engineering C xxx (2015) xxx–xxx 1. Introduction The combination of these qualities provides for high levels of complexity and performance within marine biological materials. This The study of biological materials within materials science provides the is enacted through hierarchical structural design elements [6].The nexus where the fields of physics, engineering, chemistry and biology con- toughness of biological materials and their constituents is plotted as a verge to understand and harness the vast body of knowledge that can be function of the elastic modulus in Fig. 1. The high toughness of biopoly- learned from the natural world. The findings of this research provide for mers together with the high strength of biominerals is combined into better biological understanding of the complex and unique organisms many composite biological materials (e.g. bone and mollusk shell) [7]. and structures in nature. In addition, this knowledge provides inspiration When compared to engineered synthetic materials, metals and ce- for the peripheral fields of bioinspired materials, where synthetic struc- ramics are capable of providing mechanical properties up to an order tures are inspired by nature, and biomaterials, where materials and struc- of magnitude higher than biological materials. However, biominerals tures are designed for optimum compatibility with biological systems. (natural ceramics) and biopolymers (natural polymers) are mechani- While still bound by the same physical laws, biological materials are cally comparable with many synthetic engineering composites and en- starkly different from synthetic ones. To succinctly describe the unique gineering polymers, respectively [5]. qualities of biological materials, seven interrelated features have been Biological materials can be systematized along different classifi- identified (inspired by Arzt [1] and expanded by Meyers et al. and cation methods. Naleway et al. [6] recently proposed eight structural de- Chen et al. [2–5]). These characteristics are: self-assembly, multi- sign elements as a new paradigm for identifying common features in functionality, hierarchical design, hydration effects, mild synthesis con- different organisms. Using a similar methodology, the organisms and ditions, evolutionary design and environmental constraints, and self- structures in this manuscript can be divided into four classes based healing capability. While they apply throughout biology, marine organ- upon their biomechanical function: isms face a number of specific environmental constraints not shared by 1. Crushing resistant structures: found within the exoskeletons of their terrestrial counterparts. These marine specific conditions include: mollusks, crustaceans, diatoms and coccolithophores, and the complete hydration, and variation in hydrostatic pressure (0.1– skeletal armor of the seahorse. 100 MPa), temperature (−2–38 °C), salinity (34–36 ppt), as well as mo- 2. Flexure resistant structures: found within sea sponge spicules, the tion from currents and swells. These conditions vary throughout the spines of sea urchins and porcupine fish. ocean, being more consistent in the pelagic and deep benthic zones 3. Piercing resistant structures: found within the scales and scutes of while experiencing more variability in the nearshore and shallows fish as well as marine skeletal armors. (e.g. intertidal zones, shallow bays and lagoons, salt marshes and man- 4. Impact resistant structures: found in the dactyl clubs of the mantis grove forests). Of note, many marine organisms are capable of migrating shrimp. between these zones, forcing them to be dynamic through many envi- ronments. Through evolution, these environmental constraints have There are protective structures that provide effective resistance to shaped the form of all structural marine biological materials. multiple forms of stress, however here we aim to highlight the most Fig. 1. Toughness as a function of elastic modulus for biological materials. Adapted from [7]. Please cite this article as: S.E. Naleway, et al., Structure and mechanical properties
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