The mechanical properties of natural substances such as bone and shell are envied by those involved in the fabrication of materials. A 'bricks-and-mortar' structure, assembled layer by layer, is the key to making sea shells.
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Rubner, M. Synthetic sea shell. Nature 423, 925–926 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423925a
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