Biomimetic Insights from Enamel: A Nano-mechanical and Nano-structural Investigation of a Natural Ceramic-like Biocomposite

牙釉质是一种自然发展的优化材料结构的例子，它构成了人体中最坚硬的组织。此外，它暴露在严重的机械和环境挑战下，必须持续个体的生命周期，与其他组织不同，它无法自我愈合或修复。了解控制这种组织惊人的机械性能的因素将对仿生材料的设计有很大的好处，对澳大利亚已经享有令人羡慕的声誉的先进材料的开发也很重要。

Enamel is a naturally developed example of an optimised material structure that constitutes the hardest tissue in the human body. In addition it is exposed to severe mechanical and environmental challenges and must last the lifetime of the individual and unlike other tissue is unable to heal or repair itself. Understanding the factors controlling the amazing mechanical properties of this tissue will be of great benefit for the design of bio-inspired materials and be important for the development of advanced materials for which Australia already has an enviable reputation.