Hierarchical multiscale structure–property relationships of the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) beak by Nayeon Lee, M. F. Horstemeyer, Hongjoo.
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Hierarchical multiscale structure–property relationships of the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) beak
by Nayeon Lee, M. F. Horstemeyer, Hongjoo Rhee, Ben Nabors, Jun Liao, and Lakiesha N. Williams
(a) A male red-bellied woodpecker (Photo courtesy of Ken Thomas, http://kenthomas.us/?page_id=140&px=%2FRed-bellied_Woodpecker-male.jpg), (b) upper and lower beaks of the woodpecker, and (c) a schematic of the cross-sectional view of the woodpecker beaks co...
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(a) Cross-sectional views throughout the length of the woodpeckers' beaks taken by a scanning electron microscope illustrating the change in the geometries with differing ratio of each layer.
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Microstructure of the woodpeckers' beaks garnered from scanning electron microscopy showing (a) the fractured cross section of the upper beak with the three distinctive structural layers, (b)
the outer rhamphotheca layer containing overlapping scale-like fe...
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Transmission electron microscopic images of the rhamphotheca of woodpeckers' beaks show the nanostructure: (a) a cross-sectional view reveals the keratin grains in the rhamphotheca; (b)
a cross-sectional view that shows the wavy ‘suture’ lines at the grain ...
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Nanostructure of the foam layer taken by a scanning electron microscope shows (a) the cell wall of the foam layer, (b) part of the cell wall is composed of fibres, and (c) the fibres have a D-period
indicating that they are collagen.
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Images taken by a transmission electron microscope illustrate the nanostructure of the bony layer of the woodpeckers' beaks: (a) the distribution of the bone cells having round shapes and
short fibrils (grey); (b) the fibrils are running in both longitudina...
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The results of energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis for (a) the outer rhamphotheca layer composed of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur; (b) middle foam layer composed of carbon,
nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and calcium; and (c) inner bony layer composed of...
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Nanomechanical properties of the rhamphotheca, foam and bony layers obtained from nanoindentation tests: (a) nanohardness and (b) reduced elastic modulus.
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The scanning electron microscopic image of the polished rhamphotheca of the woodpecker's beak at the transverse plane shows the overlapping pattern of the keratin scales, which provide
resistance to crack propagation in the direction of the arrow.
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The wavy structure shown in the rhamphotheca of (a) woodpecker having waviness of 1, (b) chicken having waviness of 0.3 and (c) toucan having waviness of 0.05 [26].
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