Output details
14 - Civil and Construction Engineering
Cardiff University
Article title
Hierarchical, multilayered cell walls reinforced by recycled silk cocoons enhance the structural integrity of honeybee combs
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Article number
-
Volume number
107
Issue number
21
First page of article
9502
ISSN of journal
0027-8424
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
The sophisticated and hierarchical structure of honeybee combs from the nano to the macro scales has been revealed for the first time. The research in this paper provides a prototype of truly bio-mimetic engineering, light-weight cellular materials that are indispensable to modern industry. A cellular solid which truly mimics the microstructure of natural honeycombs, in particular the non-homogeneity of its composite cell walls, and not just its macroscopic geometry as the current engineering honeycombs do, will provide a remarkable degree of design flexibility for a myriad of applications.
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
M - Materials and Advanced Mechanics (MAM)
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
