Metal Coordination‐Mediated Functional Grading and Self‐Healing in Mussel Byssus Cuticle (open access)

Metal Coordination‐Mediated Functional Grading and Self‐Healing in Mussel Byssus Cuticle

Article demonstrates direct evidence of Fe3+ and Fe2+ gradient distribution across mussel byssal cuticle threads thickness, which shows more Fe2+ inside the inner cuticle, to support the hypothesis that the cuticle is a functionally graded material with high stiffness, extensibility, and self‐healing capacity.
Date: October 24, 2019
Creator: Xu, Quan; Xu, Meng; Lin, Chun-Yu; Zhao, Qiang; Zhang, Rui; Dong, Xiaoxiao et al.
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Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants (open access)

Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants

Article describes study which finds that Orychophragmus violaceus (Ov) seed oil has superior lubrication properties, based on the unusual structural features of the major lipid species—triacylglycerol (TAG) estolides.
Date: August 12, 2019
Creator: Romsdahl, Trevor; Shirani, Asghar; Minto, Robert E.; Zhang, Chunyu; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Chapman, Kent Dean et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small-scale mechanical behavior of a eutectic high entropy alloy (open access)

Small-scale mechanical behavior of a eutectic high entropy alloy

Article describes study evaluating small-scale mechanical behavior was for AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy, consisting of a lamellar arrangement of L12 and B2 solid-solution phases.
Date: February 14, 2020
Creator: Muskeri, Saideep; Hasannaeimi, Vahid; Salloom, Riyadh; Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam & Mukherjee, Sundeep
System: The UNT Digital Library