Architecture and material properties of diatom shells provide effective mechanical protection

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2003-02-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nature01416PMID 12594512
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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