کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1428473 | 1509173 | 2015 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Studied the ultrastructure of Chaetopterus' parchment tube housing
• Nature's multi-layered, oriented, organic nanofilament composites
• Controlled orientation imparts integrity and facilitates rapid production.
• The impermeable tubes are bioinspirational for conventional pipe technology.
The ultrastructure of the self-constructed tube housing of the bioluminescent marine worm, Chaetopterus sp. reveals that the bio-nanocomposite tube comprises of multiple non-woven plies of multi-axially oriented organic nanofilaments (ø 50–1100 nm) cemented together by an unstructured organic matrix binder. The thin-walled, impermeable tubes are bio-inspirational for conventional pipe technology. Orientation distribution analyses revealed that the dominant orientation angles of nanofilaments in the tube were 0°, ± 45° and ± 65°, which correlate well with optimal winding angles for ‘man-made’ fibre reinforced composite pipes subjected to specific loading conditions. Such a use of high aspect ratio nanofilaments in multi-axial laminates would impart toughness and flexibility to the tube structure, and facilitate rapid tube growth. While the tube production mechanism is not entirely known at this stage, our time-lapse studies show that, contrary to generic assumptions in literature, the worm actively, rapidly and sporadically produces and expands the tube.
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Journal: Materials Science and Engineering: C - Volume 48, 1 March 2015, Pages 408–415