研究由丹麦独立研究技术和生产科学委员会部分资助，从牡蛎和鲍鱼壳中汲取灵感，以获取更强的材料。基于算法的设计和多边3D打印的组合用于发现虹彩的珍珠母“ca. 3000 times greater than that of its main mineral building block.”
Made of bricks and mortar
在本文中，研究人员创建了一个四部分的框架，以更好地理解珍珠之母（也称为Nacre）的堆叠的“实体”结构。该框架是一个循环过程，每个阶段都会告知下一个与自然匹配的材料的持续开发。
在第一步中，拍摄了SEM图像的壳的显微镜结构。这个阶段揭示了细胞的内部几何形状，以及如何使用刚性矿物“砖”和柔软的弹性“砂浆”组合形成壳。
This information is then used to create an algorithm for parametric modeling of the structure.
链接3D模型的部分
Parametric design creates a relationship between all the elements of a 3D model to better understand how the object works. In a parametric model, the internal geometry of an object makes sense前它是3D打印的。作者解释了如下，
This pipeline, linking form and function, facilitates highly efficient and high-throughput experimental screening of a very large design parameter space, allowing exploration of the structural design features that play vital roles in a material’s performance.
A parametric model is 3D printed by the researchers using a Stratasys multimaterial Connex500 3D printer. VeroWhite or VeroClear resin is used to make the the bricks, and transparent TangoPlus for the mortar.
然后对3D打印零件进行机械强度测试。机器生成的力与牡蛎和鲍鱼的自然威胁相匹配，包括螳螂虾的打击。
Mantis shrimp cracking a giant crab’s claw. Clip viaMantisman™on YouTube
Then the process is repeated. SEM images of the 3D printed material are studied to understand the success and accuracy of the object’s internal structure.
根据讨论，
…所得的有形模型是直接模拟物，或者是所研究的生物结构的高度简化结构类似物。此处介绍的参数工作流程的强度是，它允许灵活且高通量创建真正的3D模型，并且可以应用于具有模型和3D打印功能的任何系统。
模仿生物材料的自然强度或其他特性的能力对于制造的未来有希望。
科学模仿自然
就材料而言，自然已经正确了。设计师经常创建以生物启发的结构（例如3D printed bridge in Madrid和米兰的骨头Trabeculae Pavilion.加拿大麦吉尔大学的材料研究还使用了3D打印测试和模仿乌龟壳的拼图样结构的强度.
Uncovering Nature’s Design Strategies through Parametric Modeling, Multi-Material 3D Printing, and Mechanical Testing是published in the research journal Advanced Engineering Materials.
The research is co-authored by Henrik Birkedal and Simon Frølich of Aarhus University, Denmark; James C. Weaver from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, MA; and Mason N. Dean from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany.
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特色图片显示了牡蛎壳的集合。Paul Asman和Jill Lenoble的照片，Pauljill，Flickr
