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Seashells inspire shatterproof glass

02 Jul 2019 Isabelle Dumé
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An optically transparent nacre-like panel. (scale bar: 10 mm). Courtesy: F Barthelat
A new type of glass created by mimicking the nacre (or mother-of-pearl) structure in mollusc shells

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