title: Biological design for simultaneous optical transparency and mechanical robustness in the shell of Placuna placenta.
authors: Room 13-4022, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 02139, USA.
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D060105:Animal Shells; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D055620:Optical Phenomena