A new synthetic material similar in structure to nacre – mother of pearl – is likely the toughest ceramic-based material ever made, according to US researchers. The low-density, high-strength ...

Time for a change. Scientists have mimicked now the structure of mother of pearl to create what may well be the toughest ceramic ever produced. Biomimicry – technological innovation inspired by ...

Although you may know it simply as the shiny iridescent stuff on the inside of mollusk shells, mother-of-pearl (or nacre ... structure of nacre to create a ceramic material that's almost 10 ...

Yet this characteristic may soon be a thing of the past: a team of researchers has recently presented a new ceramic material inspired by mother-of-pearl from the small single-shelled marine ...