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Biocomposites inspire bottom-up development of novel materials because they exhibit superior mechanical properties compared to the individual constituents. (1−4) One biocomposite that has been heavily investigated is nacre, which is an internal layer of some mollusk shells that increases shell toughness and, thereby, protects the species. The toughness originates from the hierarchically ordered layered structure, which on the micrometer scale resembles a brick-and-mortar architecture.

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by 1,*, 2, 3,4 and 1 1 Department of Energy and Process Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2 Department of Chemistry, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 3 Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 4 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, METU, 06800 Ankara, Turkey * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.