Architecture of crossed-lamellar bivalve shells: the southern giant clam (Tridacna derasa, Röding, 1798)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170622
Abstract: Tridacna derasa shells show a crossed lamellar microstructure consisting of three hierarchical lamellar structural orders. The mineral part is intimately intergrown with 0.9 wt% organics, namely polysaccharides, glycosylated and unglycosylated proteins and lipids, identified by… read more here.
Keywords: crossed lamellar; architecture crossed; tridacna derasa; bivalve shells ... See more keywords