Nature Is an Incredible Nanoengineer: The Story of Seashells
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Gordon Current Science & Technology Center
With Professor Christine Ortiz, MIT; Benjamin Bruet, MIT.
Find out about the state-of-the-art in nanotechnology research on the CS&T stage at one of several special guest researcher presentations!
Super-tough synthetic materials created by mimicking nature's design are becoming a reality thanks to the work of MIT Professor Christine Ortiz and graduate student Benjamin Bruet. It turns out that natural materials--like seashell nacre--are extremely strong and lightweight because of their complex structure at the billionths-of-a-meter scale. Find out what Ortiz and Bruet are learning from nature and how they plan to use that knowledge to create tough new nanotech materials for use in applications ranging from body armor to building materials.
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