Gleaming, iridescent mother-of-pearl possesses more than beauty. The material, technically called nacre, has strength and toughness that materials scientists envy because it’s made of highly ...

New Composite Material Is Almost Better Than Mother-of-pearl. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 03 / 080307102657.htm ...

Like mother of pearl, the material has an extremely tough outer shell with a more flexible inner backing that’s capable of deforming and absorbing projectiles. The lightweight plastic, seen above, is ...

Mother-of-pearl, which covers the shells of abalone and some bivalves, is 95% composed of calcium carbonate (aragonite), an intrinsically fragile material that is nonetheless very tough.

Mother of Pearl, or nacre, is an example of how science can draw from nature in order to inspire material development across different industrial sectors. The new glass drawing from nacre's structure ...

Impressively, mother-of-pearl is the product of a disorganized synthesis process. The process begins when individual cells begin depositing bits of material simultaneously at different locations.

A new material inspired by the shiny lining of oyster shells could create a crack-resistant coating one day. The researchers who created the artificial mother-of-pearl say it is environmentally ...

The material, developed by researchers from the Laboratoire de Synthèse et Fonctionnalisation des Céramiques at CNRS, closely mirrors the structure found in mother of pearl—the material ...

Mother of pearl, also known as nacre, is the hard iridescent coating found on the outside of pearls, and the inside of certain mollusc’s shells. Besides being a nice-looking material used for ...

Mollusks build shells to protect their soft tissues from predators. Nacre, also known as the mother of pearl, has an intricate, highly regular structure that makes it an incredibly strong material ...

Mar 24, 2014: Mother-of-pearl inspires super-strong material (Nanowerk News) Whether traditional or derived from high technology, ceramics all have the same flaw: they are fragile.Yet this ...