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University of Michigan: How Pearls Achieve Nanoscale Precision
October 22, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

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Coaxing order from unpredictable layers, mollusks do what humans can't

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In research that could inform future high-performance nanomaterials, a University of Michigan-led team has uncovered for the first time how mollusks build ultradurable structures with a level of symmetry that outstrips everything else in the natural world, . . .

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