New Super-Strong Ceramic Material Inspired By Mother-Of-Pearl Created

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A new super-strong ceramic material — inspired by the mother-of-pearl created by the single-shelled marine mollusks known as abalones — has been created by a team of researchers led by the Laboratoire de Synthèse et Fonctionnalisation des Céramiques. This new “artificial mother-of-pearl” is considerably less prone to fracture than conventional ceramics, as well as being

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