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Fiber- complected and Reeled Microstructure of Insect Cuticle and Biomimetic Fabrication

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A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used for the observation of the microstructures of a chafer cuticle. It showed that the cuticle is a kind of biocomposite consisting of complected chitin-fiber plies and sclerous protein matrix. The observation also showed that there are many holes in the cuticle and the complected fibers continuously reel these holes forming a kind of fiber-complected and reeled microstructure. Based on the SEM observation, a kind of biomimetic composite laminate with complected and reeled structure was fabricated with a special mould and process. The ultimate strength of the obtained biomimetic composite laminate was experimentally investigated and compared with that of the conventional drilling-hole composite laminate. It showed that the ultimate strength of the biomimetic composite laminate is markedly larger than that of the drilling-hole composite laminate.

insect cuticlebiocompositecomplected and reeled microstructurebiomimetic fabrication

Bin Chen、Quan Yuan、Ji Luo

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College of Resources and Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China Key Laboratory for the Exploitation of Southwest Resources and Environmental Disaster Control Engineering, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

College of Resources and Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

2010

Key engineering materials

Key engineering materials

ISSN:1013-9826
年,卷(期):2010.447/448
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