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Biomimetic Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Paul Calvert
Paul Calvert*
Affiliation:
Arizona Materials Labs.4715 E.Fort Lowell Rd, Tucson AZ 85718
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Abstract

This paper discusses the possible advantages to be gained from a bio-mimetic approach to ceramics and reviews the work now in progress that will lead us to be able to mimic biological structures with synthetic materials.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 180: Symposium A – Better Ceramics Through Chemistry IV , 1990 , 619
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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