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Ferroics: Bio-Assembled Nanocomposites in Conch Shells Exhibit Giant Electret Hysteresis (Adv. Mater. 5/2013)

  1. Yingbang Yao1,
  2. QingXiao Wang1,
  3. Hongtao Wang1,†,
  4. Bei Zhang1,
  5. Chao Zhao1,
  6. Zhihong Wang1,
  7. Zhengkui Xu2,
  8. Ying Wu3,
  9. Wei Huang4,
  10. Pei-Yuan Qian5,
  11. Xi Xiang Zhang1,*

Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201370027

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 25, Issue 5, page 645, February 6, 2013

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How to Cite

Yao, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, H., Zhang, B., Zhao, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Wu, Y., Huang, W., Qian, P.-Y. and Zhang, X. X. (2013), Ferroics: Bio-Assembled Nanocomposites in Conch Shells Exhibit Giant Electret Hysteresis (Adv. Mater. 5/2013). Adv. Mater., 25: 645. doi: 10.1002/adma.201370027

Author Information

  1. 1

    Nanofab, Imaging & Characterization Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

  2. 2

    Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. of China

  3. 3

    Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

  4. 4

    Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, P. R. of China

  5. 5

    KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, P. R. of China

  1. †

    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. of China

*Nanofab, Imaging & Characterization Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Issue published online: 5 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013

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Keywords:

  • giant ferroelectret hysteresis;
  • bio-assembled nanocomposites;
  • conch shell
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Seashells have superior mechanical properties. Conch shells, with bio-assembled, hierarchical architectures of nano-CaCO3 laminas sandwiched between biopolymers, exhibit remarkable ferroelectric-like hysteresis loops with giant electrical polarization, creating the possibility for materials for high density energy storage using a bottom-up approach. More details can be found in the article by Xi Xiang Zhang and co-workers on page 711.

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