Facile Access to Large-Scale, Self-Assembled, Nacre-Inspired, High-Performance Materials with Tunable Nanoscale Periodicities

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 5; no. 9; pp. 3738 - 3747
• Main Authors: Das, Paramita, Schipmann, Susanne, Malho, Jani-Markus, Zhu, Baolei, Klemradt, Uwe, Walther, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 08.05.2013
• Subjects: Bentonite - chemistry; Biomimetic Materials - chemistry; Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium - chemistry; Nacre - chemistry; Nanocomposites - chemistry; Structure-Activity Relationship; layered nanocomposite; nacre; biomimetic materials; self-assembly; structure−property relationships

Although advances have been reported to mimic the mechanically excellent structure of natural nacre, larger-scale applications are still limited due to time and energy-intensive preparation pathways. Herein, we demonstrate that simple high-shear homogenization of dispersions containing biobased high...